Going sober at Pride: 'I can celebrate something that's important'
Alcohol is a normalised part of the LGBTQ+ experience, but more queer people are shunning booze to celebrate sober Pride.
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Alcohol is a normalised part of the LGBTQ+ experience, but more queer people are shunning booze to celebrate sober Pride.
Leilani van Smeren, 20, decided to give up alcohol after having negative experiences while drunk. The third year student, from London, didn't like the way alcohol made her feel.
But more generally, interest in sobriety has been fermenting in recent years. It's gotten to the point that in Ottawa, there's a loose community of advocates and entrepreneurs, some of whom now shun booze themselves, that advances the case for not drinking.
A 33-year-old woman who went sober last year has set-up a group for sober socials in Cirencester.