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After reading what you wrote....I could be for hours explaining my disappointment about being gay, it is not about identity, I suggest people to stop being brain wash by society and the morals they have imposed on us.is everything made up, but not for long, there will be a reset where everyone will realise...look deep into the roots of were all this coming from in history. I suggest to gay and non gay, don't put a label. We are humans...search and question everyone and everything...be free
I never saw the appeal of Pride nor have I ever cared to go. I happened to be near a parade over in Phoenix, and I was put off by what I saw. Men dressed up flamboyantly and making it seem like it was one big sex fest. I'm a conservative gay Christian who usually votes republican, so that in itself is a red flag to most guys. I also don't believe in gay marriage, but am for civil unions. I hate that the LGBT community acts like they speak for all of us when they really don't.
Articles like this do not help the cause in any way, shape or form, and are used to, I believe, defeat and destroy it. You should be ashamed. Do not attack Pride, it is about awareness and acceptance for millions of people, just stop.
Pride was not created just for the people who were at Stonewall. We still need it because every year there are people who are just learning to accept their sexuality. It definitely helps those people to see that you can have a good life as an openly gay person. I have attended pride events, where I met some people who weren't used to not having to hide their gay identity.
Thanks for speaking out on this because it also helps people outside the community understand that what the corporations are doing with all the superficial pr and marketing is not really working. I think it also attracts the wrong people and then the support and message of LGBTQ is lost. It is treating people as if they were not people and disregarding what they feel. It's like mother's day, you can't celebrate years of hard work and pain in one day, it almost just rubs salt in the wound.
Ugh, thank you. I also dislike that we're supposed to want equality, but we ALSO want a month of our specific LGBQT+ flag everwhere. This feels like opposite of equality. I don't like seeing my flag plastered all over every single website - feels like virtue signaling and/or LGBQT> straight/binary". And I don't feel like I'm better than the straight/binary folks... I feel like we are equal.
This is why we have Black Pride. May is Black Pride month. to know when a Black Pride Celebration is happening near you visit https://centerforblackequity.org
John Smith
You know fighting for your rights, I can completely understand. But Pride has gone out of control here in Canada. It's now pride SEASON (June-Sept). Imagine if you had Christmas music playing every where for 3 months straight. You'll want to shoot yourself in the end. That's how pride now feels to me. I feel sick to my very core when I see it now, so much that I have considered leaving the city. I was never homophobic. I don't want to be. But the sight of the rainbow flag makes me want to vomit.
September 1, 2023 • Canada