Pride in 2025 isn’t just a parade. It’s a presence. A protest. And a celebration.

It’s queer people rightfully taking up space in a world that sadly still tries to shrink them. It’s glitter but also protest signs. It’s chosen-family and dance floors. It’s sex, survival, softness, and pleasure that’s free of shame. It’s complex and beautiful. And it’s up to us to be as supportive as possible.

Pride is Protest.

Sure, Pride is a celebration, but it’s important to understand that it was born from a riot. 

In South Africa and across the world, LGBTQIA+ communities still face systemic violence, criminalisation, and erasure. Pride is how we say: we’re not going anywhere. It’s resistance and visibility as defiance. It’s kissing your lover on the street because gay people fought for that right.

Queer Pleasure is Power.

For  far too long, queer sex has been taboo, misunderstood, or erased entirely. But pleasure, on your own terms,  is a form of liberation.

In 2025, Pride looks : like body-safe toys designed for all genders. It looks like : lube that doesn’t assume anything about who’s using it. It looks like : partners asking, “Do you like this?” and actually listening to the answer.

It looks like : being held. Being worshipped. Being free.

Inclusivity is our priority.

At Please, we believe pleasure should be accessible, affirming, and unapologetically inclusive. That means understanding that not all bodies are the same. That gender is not binary. There are no rules around what should turn you on, and that’s the point, to write your own.

Pride is for trans joy. It’s for non-binary tenderness. It’s for gay desire, lesbian intimacy, bi curiosity, and connection. It’s for every kind of queer love and lust and longing. And it’s for the tools, spaces, and conversations that make that love possible.

Looking ahead.

The future is fluid, and we’re here for it.

Pride in 2025 is intersectional, expansive, and rooted in care. It honours the past and builds toward something bigger : a world where pleasure is a right, not a reward. A world where everyone is free to explore, express, and enjoy without fear.

So here’s to queer futures. To loud love and soft touch. To sex that heals and connects. To Pride that isn’t performative, but rather deeply personal.



Happy Pride.

From us, to you. With love, always.