Danbeast
Tourist
Word! Personally I would never take the risk and expose myself like that. Except, maybe if I joined a zoo cult or something like that ? but that's not going to happen...
I wonder how many of our members here will get their life totally destroyed during the first week of July
It has already been done successfully as a private event for some people, but this was my initial reaction as well. It can work, but I shudder to think of doing this in any public way. I love the idea of good friends coming over as a celebration of pride and love for your eachother and furry loved ones, having a simple special dinner and cake and potential sleep over and games
After the initial get together, I would hope that discretion and prudence is encouraged and expected among themselves through proactive discussion, so that the individuals who bring new members for future gatherings are capable of vetting others thoroughly in their private 1to1 interactions with these individuals that way everybody stays safe. These keeps the leadership decentralized, and people can even take turns hosting, cooking, or thinking of ideas that don't involve people's personal addresses but keep things private, etc.. I love the potential of bonds being made, it's important we feel loved and seen by others, even better if we can do it in person.