Here’s a bit of what Wikipedia has to say about “gay pride”:
Pride parades (also known as pride marches, pride events, and pride festivals) are outdoor events celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary and queer (LGBTQ) social and self acceptance, achievements, legal rights, and pride. The events also at times serve as demonstrations for legal rights such as same-sex marriage. Most pride events occur annually, and some take place around June to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, a pivotal moment in modern LGBTQ social movements. The parades seek to create community and honor the history of the movement. In 1970, pride and protest marches were held in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco around the first anniversary of Stonewall. The events became annual and grew internationally. In 2019, New York and the world celebrated the largest international Pride celebration in history: Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019, produced by Heritage of Pride commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, with five million attending in Manhattan alone.
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- Love is in the Air
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- man on the beach with gay pride flag. Spain, Valencia.
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- Two men draped in rainbow flags in a nightclub in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. Polls have closed in Romania after two days of voting on a constitutional amendment that would make it harder to legalize same-sex marriage. But the weekend referendum to redefine marriage failed to attract large numbers of voters and risk being voided. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
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- Gorgeous gay man holding the rainbow flag.
Last night, we had Jim and Carol over for dinner. David made smoked brisket and grilled potatoes and Dub and I made a big salad and cooked carrots – fresh out of his (and Jim’s) garden. Carol brought a wonderful, light-as-air lemon cake. It was just the five of us and we had a wonderful evening. After Dub and Buzz went to bed, we were sitting outside smoking some pot and I said “Sometimes I feel bad because we don’t do anything to promote gay rights. I mean, gay people have been fighting for equality since the 1969 Stonewall riots – and none of us ever do anything like that.”
Carol looked me in the eyes and said “Bullshit. You guys have done more for gay rights than anyone else in the history of Southwest Missouri. You neither hide nor flaunt being gay and you’ve shown a whole lot of people you’re decent, honest, hard workers and good parents. Hell, everyone down here likes you, and you’ll never know how much you’ve done for local acceptance of gay people.”
I think it was one of the nicest things anyone has ever said about us.
