As a Catholic bisexual, would it be sinful to go to a pride event?

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I am a practicing Catholic, I am 19 a year old guy, and I am bisexual. I experience same-sex attraction, but I do not act on it. I do, however, believe that being bisexual has made me a better person, making me more sympathetic to others and a kinder and more personable person. Would it be wrong to celebrate these positive elements of being bisexual by going to a pride event, being proud of who I am while still practicing my faith, or would it be better to keep these feelings to myself and not let anybody know about them?
 
First of all, thank you for being a witness to Christ in your difficult circumstances ❤️

I don’t believe I can give you a hard “no” on this one, but Pride events tend not to be bastions of sobriety and chastity.
So pray, pray, pray and discern.

I would advise “no” but I don’t mean that to be binding on you.
 
I suggest you speak to your priest. The concern I would have is whether these events might lead you into temptation. Your priest is in a better position to discuss that with you than strangers on the Internet.
 
You say you are a Catholic so I assume you believe in God. Would God want you to go to a gay pride meeting and celebrate your attributes do you think?
 
I think you should pray and wait for an answer. God knows best.
However, my advice is to skip this event, because the whole pride thing is not very Christian and it promotes homosexual intercourse and other atheist conception about the world.
You better go to eucharistic adoration while the parade is going on to remind you what is the reason to abstain from homosexual conduct and other forms of sins.
Bless you and i will keep you in my prayers!
 
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Would it be wrong to celebrate these positive elements of being bisexual by going to a pride event, being proud of who I am
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God bless you for practicing your faith as you do.

There might be some middle ground between silence/secrecy and a pride event.

Find a way to celebrate who you are in a way that glorifies Christ! Pride events are not directed toward this end. As you noted, they are centered on pride in oneself, and one’s sexuality.
 
I think Pride marches are littered with sins and offences against God. I also think they are demeaning to gay people. People are more than their sexual orientation. Humility not Pride please folks
 
I have gay friends you don’t like the pride parades and things like grown men walking down the street should be an exception just because there is a parade. But is also must be remembered that the original one was prompted by the stonewall raid and persistent harassment from the Police in NY. As if the Police had anything better to do than chase non-violent people for violating a morality law.

These parades are based on a fundamental premise that LGBT people deserve respect, something that is Catholic teaching. Part of what’s happened is that gay men are beginning to act more like straight men in the area of entitlement to do what they think or do. You also have younger people with no attachment to the history of the pride movements.

Let’s also be honest it’s the most outrageous people that end up defining the reset.
 
I’d advise against it. Remember, the whole reason that Satan is Satan, is because of pride.
 
Christ told us, the Holy Father encourages us, to go out into the fringes and to be a witness for Christ.

You might call the Diocese and see if they have a LGBTQ support group who will be participating, or if there is a local Courage/enCourage group who will be there.
 
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You’re not doing any homosexual acts at the place, and from your concern you won’t be tempted into one by going there, and the event will go on whether you show up or not, and others there will have homosexual relations whether later on whether you show up or not, so I don’t see why you shouldn’t go.
 
“would it be better to keep these feelings to myself”

Absolutely. The feelings you have are temptations. Society seeming to be open to these practices, will sell themselves out and deny everything, and call you a liar in the last days. How do you know? Because as others said, practicing HS insults and makes a mockery of God’s designated purpose for the sexual act. Don’t go there. One day with God’s grace you will be free to see the trick being played on you at one time. You don’t want your son finding a tabloid from years back that has you in the picture. You can’t control the future, and satan will be on the lookout for opportunities for “payback” for bailing out. This he will find through scandal because you “came out” in trust of this very society.

Being at the parade may sound innocent, but there may be more people suffering from this affliction who are waiting for those to set the example and tip the decision scale for them. Trust me, you don’t want to be a negative factor in the story at their judgment.

Your already practicing that’s good. Devotion to the Blessed Mother through daily Rosary, as well as frequent confession is a great fighter against temptations.

You question your feelings and that is a wonderful grace. You set control points in your decisions. With all these I am confident you will come out in triumph. As Jesus says “Trust me” and I am certain you will.

God be with you.
 
you cant be a bi sexual the chuch is against that pray to our lady the rosary
 
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you cant be a bi sexual the chuch is against that pray to our lady the rosary
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Depends on how you define bisexual.

If you define bisexual as some who’s having conjugal relations with both men and women, then you’d be right that it would be wrong.

But if, as I believe the OP was, you define bisexual as someone who has attractions to both men and women, then so long as the person acts in accordance with sexual morality, there’s no sin in them being bisexual.
 
There are probably better ways to show kindness and compassion.
 
Ask a priest a traditional one I know there are certain sins that are crying to heaven for vengeance and that’s one of them
 
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