I'm gonna be as polite as possible:
1) You have almost entirely imagined this group of people. They do not exist. You have fallen for a specific caricature of gay people as sexual predators designed by homophobic right wingers. I would take a second to pause and take a step back and wonder what basis in reality your fears about exhibitionists exploiting kids at Pride have.
2) Gross does not mean harm. Part of living in a public space means learning to distinguish between the two. The temptation to conflate it in order to lend moral credence to your feelings of disgust is powerful but it doesn't make it valid. People will see a gay couple chastely hold hands and be overwhelmed with feelings of disgust. They will see a gay couple give each other a peck on the cheek and think it's the grossest thing they've ever seen in their lives. Disgust alone can't be the sole measure of what is and isn't allowed in public spaces.
3) Sorry to dig up old discourse, but unfortunately there is a difference between "performing" kink and engaging in kink. A person in a dog mask at Pride is, most likely, not necessarily titilated by the activity or feeling aroused in a particular way. Same with people in leather. They're almost certainly just preoccupied with advertising their lifestyles to other queer kinksters in the same way that anyone in a rainbow tee is. Why do you think people wearing leather to Pride are secretly getting off to it? Have you ever spoken to them? Because you'll find their primary emotion, at least in my experience, is largely variations on a theme of "It's so fucking hot here and I wanna go home and shower and get a vodka soda." They're not like, secretly nutting. Seeing someone in leather gear is not "participating" in their kink any more than seeing someone in a rainbow shirt is participating in their gay relationship. You can't "not" consent to seeing someone in leather gear any more than you can "not" consent to seeing someone in a shirt that says like, "I love blowjobs."
3) Pride isn't "for" kids. This isn't to say kids aren't welcome; rather, as an event it did not originate as an activity or gathering catered towards kids. Its rules and goals were never formed with children in mind. I would again urge you to consider why you think Pride is an event that needs to cater to children and why you think a statistically significant number of them are attending Pride specifically with the children in attendance in mind.
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