yeah. Many homophobic people are only okay with queer people if they’re invisible. They don’t care that they’re gay unless they conform in public, as long as they don’t show affection towards their partners in public. They don’t care about trans people as long as they pass and look indistinguishable from cis people. We don’t wanna be shunned for being different and pride parade’s that you mentioned are a great way to give the mesage “we are here, we exist”. I grew up in a very conservative country but when I traveled to germany in june and got caught in pride celebrations with pride flags everywhere etc. I never felt more accepted, I felt that I wasn’t alone. So this “we’re here we exist” message that pride spreads is not just helpful to get the non-lgbtq folks aquainted with the idea of us existing but also tell the other lgbtq people that they’re not alone. I also don’t wanna be invisible for anyone’s convenience.