Pride BEGAN during a time of anti-sodomy laws. The first Pride was a riot against those laws. Pride is celebrated around the world in places where it is much more dangerous to be queer than here. Pride is not dependent on being ALLOWED to be who we are, it’s a promise that we WILL be no matter what
I'll never walk in a Pride parade, but if somebody so much as lifts a fingers to deprive someone else of the chance to do so, I'll be prepared to introduce him to life with nine fingers.
If he comes crying that's a threat, he should man up. My cousin's husband has nine fingers and is awesome.
I've volunteered as a security escort for Chicago's Pride for decades. And I'm as straight as they go. But doing a minorly annoying job to give so many people their chance to shine is worth all the blisters and long bus rerouted.
I don't intend to change a damn thing
