Pride Accessories? - Empty Closets - A safe online community for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered people coming out

Aya McCabre · 22nd Apr 2011, 09:34 PM

I was just wondering how many people wear pride stuff on a daily basis and what sort of stuff they wear. I have patches on my bag but most people I know prefer bracelets or wristbands, a few wear necklaces. I just wondered how it compares to people in other places, since it seems a lot of people wear them here.

Also pride tattoos. That's a slightly different topic, but I have one and just wondered if anyone else does.

Zontar · 22nd Apr 2011, 09:37 PM

I've thought about pride jewelry but I don't think I'd be comfortable parading it around like that personally.

**TheEdend** · 22nd Apr 2011, 09:40 PM

Always

Here is my HRC ring:

Kidd · 22nd Apr 2011, 09:44 PM

Occasionally I'll wear my NOH8 bracelet but I just get tired of people always asking about it, to be totally honest.

NickT · 22nd Apr 2011, 10:30 PM

I just have a string rainbow bracelet my friend made for me. I'll wear it occasionally if I need a confidence boost.

Tiny Catastrophe · 22nd Apr 2011, 10:31 PM

I have a shirt with a huge rainbow across it that says "can't think straight". I wear it as much as I can because my mom hates it XD

Enaithor · 23rd Apr 2011, 01:16 AM

I have a rainbow badge on my college bag but that's it

**Maddy** · 23rd Apr 2011, 01:32 AM

I have a wristband that I wear when I think about it.

EWU2012 · 23rd Apr 2011, 02:37 AM

I wear three pride bracelets on my left hand. One is a rainbow beaded hemp bracelet, another is made from string the colors of the rainbow, and the last one is one of the pride rubber bracelets. It actually says PRIDE on it. Then on my right hand I wear the FCKH8's DON'T B H8N ON THE HOMOS braclet. I also own two FCKH8 t-shirts I weat on occasions. When I first started weating them all I thought that I would get a lot of responses about them but I have only had a feww and I have been wearing them for about 9 months. The hemp and braided bracelets stay on 24/7 because I have them tied tight.

**Owen** · 23rd Apr 2011, 04:54 AM

I have a rainbow pin that says "Don't ask, 'cause I'll tell" on my messenger bag, which I always take to class with me. Aside from that, I also wear a rainbow necklace when I think of it, as well as a t-shirt that says, "When do I get to vote on your marriage?"

GhostDog · 23rd Apr 2011, 10:41 AM

Occasionally. If I'm just running out the door to go to class, I don't much think about it. I've got a rainbow dogtag necklace that I'm fond of (but doesn't always look good with what I'm wearing), a rainbow heart necklace (but the heart tends to fall off because I need to bend the ring that holds it on back into shape), a rainbow string bracelet (that tends to fall off because it's stretched), and a "PRIDE" HRC t-shirt (that I only wear occasionally because I don't want to repeat my shirts too often).

I'm getting a "LGBTerrific!" shirt in the mail soon! I've also been seriously considering getting a rainbow heart on my upper back, for, like, a year or so now. Mostly I think I need to wait until the end of the semester so I can have time to get together with my tattooin' friend to make it happen. =D

I LIKE RAINBOWS, BASICALLY.

AtmaWeapon · 23rd Apr 2011, 10:44 AM

I have a wristband from GSA. Quite a few people from GSA wear their own regularly and our president encourages us to wear it as much as possible. I used to wear it around campus and stuff and I wear it when out with my friends (since I'm not the only one wearing it). But I don't wear it as much since I cut my hair really short because it feels like over-kill XD.

thedreamwatch · 23rd Apr 2011, 10:53 AM

I have a stop the silence button on my bag and frequently where my SUPPORT LOVE t-shirt.

I also have a rainbow necklace I bust out occasionally, but right now I can't find it

roborama · 23rd Apr 2011, 12:53 PM

oops pressed the wrong one, i do all the time, my rainbow belt. i have rainbow shoelaces but i dont wear those shoes too oftan... i like rainbows ahaha

GhostDog · 23rd Apr 2011, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AtmaWeapon

But I don't wear it as much since I cut my hair really short because it feels like over-kill XD.

Haha omg, you too? Back when I still had the mohawk, and I'd be dressing for a day out and about in summer, I'd be wearing boots, cargo pants, a ribbed tank top, and a newsboy cap. I'd put on the rainbow necklace, look in the mirror, and go, "Seriously? Like they won't guess from everything else I'm wearing?"

Then again, I live in a liberal arts college town, so there are never any guarantees. =P

Callie · 23rd Apr 2011, 02:20 PM

I have none since I'm in the closet. But when I'm out, I'm gonna get myself a shirt like this.

Morphim · 23rd Apr 2011, 02:27 PM

I want a "Gayroller 2000" T-shirt.

But no, I don't have any pride accessories. I'm still in the closet at home *sigh*

Daryn · 23rd Apr 2011, 03:40 PM

My best friend got me a bracelet when she was on vacation that has a heart with a rainbow center as a charm and tie-dye rainbow beads. I wear it every day or else she'll smack me :P

28th Apr 2011, 06:11 PM

I wear a necklace when I remember to grab it which is rarely.

I am getting a tattoo on my leg, just a pink triangle though.

Oh! I also have a "Marriage is so gay" shirt.

View Poll Results: Do you wear pride accessories?
Yes! Always!	5	10.00%
Yes.... sometimes.	19	38.00%
No.	25	50.00%
I used to, but not anymore.	1	2.00%
Voters: 50. You may not vote on this poll

22nd Apr 2011, 09:34 PM	#1
Aya McCabre Beware of the Metaphor Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Dunedin, New Zealand Age: 21 Posts: 613 Join Date: Feb 2011	Pride Accessories? I was just wondering how many people wear pride stuff on a daily basis and what sort of stuff they wear. I have patches on my bag but most people I know prefer bracelets or wristbands, a few wear necklaces. I just wondered how it compares to people in other places, since it seems a lot of people wear them here. Also pride tattoos. That's a slightly different topic, but I have one and just wondered if anyone else does. __________________ Time is on my side she said. He may be on your side I said, but it makes no difference in the end, He's coming after you my friend........

22nd Apr 2011, 09:37 PM	#2
Zontar Mister Funny Man Full Member Gender: Male Location: Binghampton, NY Posts: 1,534 Join Date: Oct 2010	Re: Pride Accessories? I've thought about pride jewelry but I don't think I'd be comfortable parading it around like that personally. __________________ Get up and open your eyes...Don't ever let yourself ever fall down... Get through it and learn how to fly...I know you'll find a way...today. -Days of the New, "Dirty Road"

22nd Apr 2011, 09:40 PM	#3
TheEdend Hope will never be silent EC Moderator Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Extended family still doesn't know Location: Orlando, Florida Age: 21 Posts: 2,831 Join Date: Mar 2010	Re: Pride Accessories? Always Here is my HRC ring: __________________ “You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result” -Gandhi

22nd Apr 2011, 09:44 PM	#4
Kidd You'll love me! Full Member Gender: ♂ Orientation: ♂ ♥ ♂ Out Status: Out Location: N.W. Ohio Age: 21 Posts: 1,430 Join Date: Mar 2010	Re: Pride Accessories? Occasionally I'll wear my NOH8 bracelet but I just get tired of people always asking about it, to be totally honest. __________________ I feel a hunger. Take my picture by the pool, because I'm the next big thing. Fingers crossed, my time is coming now...

22nd Apr 2011, 10:30 PM	#5
NickT Mr. Grammar Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Kentucky Posts: 985 Join Date: Sep 2009	Re: Pride Accessories? I just have a string rainbow bracelet my friend made for me. I'll wear it occasionally if I need a confidence boost. __________________ Gay Pride!

22nd Apr 2011, 10:31 PM	#6
Tiny Catastrophe Love is genderless <3 Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: 2 sisters, mom, friends, school Location: New Yorkish Age: 19 Posts: 863 Join Date: Jun 2009	Re: Pride Accessories? I have a shirt with a huge rainbow across it that says "can't think straight". I wear it as much as I can because my mom hates it XD __________________ Sometimes pain becomes such a huge part of your life that you expect it to always be there. Because you cant remember a time in your life when it wasnt but then one day you feel something else. Something that feels wrong, only because its so unfamiliar. Then in that moment you realize you're happy.

23rd Apr 2011, 01:16 AM	#7
Enaithor TheDude Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Bedfordshire, England Age: 18 Posts: 545 Join Date: Oct 2008	Re: Pride Accessories? I have a rainbow badge on my college bag but that's it __________________ "I'm the bloody queen mate. Basically, I rule." - Liz X (...and the lesbians) "Biting's excellent: it's like kissing, only there's a winner!" - the TARDIS (...and more lesbians!) Demons run but count the cost, the battle's won but the child is lost...

23rd Apr 2011, 01:32 AM	#8
Maddy Free Hugs EC Admin Gender: - Orientation: Into girls Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 7,704 Join Date: Mar 2008	Re: Pride Accessories? I have a wristband that I wear when I think about it. __________________ how strange it is to be anything at all [Victor] 2:09 pm: and then halloween happened and I was outside in a skirt.

23rd Apr 2011, 02:37 AM	#9
EWU2012 What is love? Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Cheney, Washington Age: 22 Posts: 193 Join Date: Mar 2010	Re: Pride Accessories? I wear three pride bracelets on my left hand. One is a rainbow beaded hemp bracelet, another is made from string the colors of the rainbow, and the last one is one of the pride rubber bracelets. It actually says PRIDE on it. Then on my right hand I wear the FCKH8's DON'T B H8N ON THE HOMOS braclet. I also own two FCKH8 t-shirts I weat on occasions. When I first started weating them all I thought that I would get a lot of responses about them but I have only had a feww and I have been wearing them for about 9 months. The hemp and braided bracelets stay on 24/7 because I have them tied tight. __________________ Eastern Washington University is the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS National Champions!!!

23rd Apr 2011, 04:54 AM	#10
Owen Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult EC Admin Gender: Agendered dude Orientation: Panromantic androsexual Out Status: Everyone and their mother Location: Massachusetts, USA Age: 21 Posts: 2,871 Join Date: Jul 2007	Re: Pride Accessories? I have a rainbow pin that says "Don't ask, 'cause I'll tell" on my messenger bag, which I always take to class with me. Aside from that, I also wear a rainbow necklace when I think of it, as well as a t-shirt that says, "When do I get to vote on your marriage?" __________________ "Stand firm for what you believe in, until and unless logic and experience prove you wrong. Remember, when the emperor looks naked, the emperor is naked. The truth and a lie are not sort of the same thing. And there is no aspect, no facet, no moment of life that can't be improved with pizza." -Daria Morgendorffer

23rd Apr 2011, 10:41 AM	#11
GhostDog is Spartacus. Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: MAGICAL. Out Status: The hiiills are aliiive with the sound of muuusic! Location: DFW area, Texas Age: 24 Posts: 2,503 Join Date: Apr 2009	Re: Pride Accessories? Occasionally. If I'm just running out the door to go to class, I don't much think about it. I've got a rainbow dogtag necklace that I'm fond of (but doesn't always look good with what I'm wearing), a rainbow heart necklace (but the heart tends to fall off because I need to bend the ring that holds it on back into shape), a rainbow string bracelet (that tends to fall off because it's stretched), and a "PRIDE" HRC t-shirt (that I only wear occasionally because I don't want to repeat my shirts too often). I'm getting a "LGBTerrific!" shirt in the mail soon! I've also been seriously considering getting a rainbow heart on my upper back, for, like, a year or so now. Mostly I think I need to wait until the end of the semester so I can have time to get together with my tattooin' friend to make it happen. =D I LIKE RAINBOWS, BASICALLY. __________________ <3 Kirah, who may or may not be made of delicious candy (and the lesbians)

23rd Apr 2011, 10:44 AM	#12
AtmaWeapon Huffs Rainbows Full Member Gender: Natal female - genderqueer Orientation: Kinsey 5 - I prefer women Out Status: As out as I could hope to be Age: 23 Posts: 186 Join Date: Mar 2011	Re: Pride Accessories? I have a wristband from GSA. Quite a few people from GSA wear their own regularly and our president encourages us to wear it as much as possible. I used to wear it around campus and stuff and I wear it when out with my friends (since I'm not the only one wearing it). But I don't wear it as much since I cut my hair really short because it feels like over-kill XD.

23rd Apr 2011, 10:53 AM	#13
thedreamwatch Maximum Ridiculosity Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Kinsey 5. So, pretty gay. Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Wisconsin Age: 22 Posts: 1,274 Join Date: Jan 2011	Re: Pride Accessories? I have a stop the silence button on my bag and frequently where my SUPPORT LOVE t-shirt. I also have a rainbow necklace I bust out occasionally, but right now I can't find it __________________ "I came out laughing, I came out screaming, I came out dancing..." - T&S

23rd Apr 2011, 12:53 PM	#14
roborama EC's Teenage Grandma Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Fluid Out Status: Out to everyone Location: MA Age: 17 Posts: 397 Join Date: Jan 2011	Re: Pride Accessories? oops pressed the wrong one, i do all the time, my rainbow belt. i have rainbow shoelaces but i dont wear those shoes too oftan... i like rainbows ahaha __________________ Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. Harvey Fierstein

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Daryn ^_^ Full Member Gender: Girl. Orientation: Girls. Out Status: whoever asks Location: Why are there eggs scrambling in the street? Age: 18 Posts: 238 Join Date: Mar 2011	Re: Pride Accessories? My best friend got me a bracelet when she was on vacation that has a heart with a rainbow center as a charm and tie-dye rainbow beads. I wear it every day or else she'll smack me :P __________________ "That's the trouble with loving a wild thing: You're always left watching the door."

28th Apr 2011, 06:11 PM	#19
Gothitil Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Pride Accessories? I wear a necklace when I remember to grab it which is rarely. I am getting a tattoo on my leg, just a pink triangle though. Oh! I also have a "Marriage is so gay" shirt.