Story:

The object I am presenting is my old, fallen apart boxing glove I used back in the day when I was training muay thai. Quite a violent, but very fun sport I picked up partially because of my coming out – I had little desire to hide in public anymore, and I wanted to be prepared for people who might have a problem with that.

But there is much more to that old glove. For the 2013 Pride Parade in Zagreb, I went straight from MT practice, with the gloves in my backpack. And then it dawned to me that the name of gloves’ manufacturer is… PRIDE. Displayed in big letters! Thus I had a perfect prop, and I wore it for most of the march.

A day or so later, a friend sent me a photo gallery of the parade, posted on a newspaper’s Facebook page – and there I am, proudly sporting the glove. My outing notwithstanding, I felt a tinge of discomfort – do I want the whole world to see me? But then I realised, ah screw it, I cannot be out and proud if something like that bothers me. And so, this Pride glove will always symbolise my acceptance of PRIDE!