Ad Thomas Training

i used to think i wasn’t hot enough to go to pride

which sounds ridiculous when i say it out loud but i genuinely believed it at one point

somewhere along the way i’d learnt that my value in gay spaces was entirely defined by how attractive i was

and when you believe that for long enough you start thinking you need to look a certain way just to exist in certain spaces (again, crazy)

then life gave me a pretty brutal reality check 😅

when i was actually struggling the people i’d spent so much time trying to impress weren’t the people who showed up for me

the people who did show up didn’t give a fck about the things i thought were so important

they didn’t care what i was wearing, how much money i made or whether i was looking my best

they just cared about me 🩵

and i think that’s changed how i see pride too…

pride isn’t a competition to see who can be the hottest person in the crowd

you’re standing alongside thousands of people celebrating something much bigger than any one of us could be individually

people fought so hard for us to have these spaces and freedoms that we have today

there’s something incredibly freeing about taking the spotlight off yourself and celebrating that

so go, be present, dance with your mates and remember what you’re actually there for 🫶🏻🏳️‍🌈

just checking 🏳️‍🌈

don’t let the pursuit of a perfect body distract you from perusing the things that actually make your life better x