I wore my kilt with pride at Belfast Pride's Parade last weekend. I dressed it down with a day sporran, walking socks and shoes and the t-shirt of the group I was representing.

However, as soon as I posted my picture on Facebook I got a comment from a straight English friend that I shouldn't be wearing the kilt at pride as it would make people associate it with gay men. He said he took pride in wearing his kilt and told me to take a look at the pictures he had on his profile. I found just the one of him paintballing in his wearing a full dress sporran.

I guess I'm not taking advice from someone prepared to get the fur in his dress sporran covered in paint while paintballing.

FTR I wasn't the only kilt in the parade. Having been in Scotland for 9 years I've seen kilts often worn in Pride parades and I also got a lot of comments about the kilt as I paraded. Many along the lines of "Oh! It is good to see a kilt without having to fully dress it up."