Pride; Normalize It

Given by the title, I'm sure you know what this article will cover. If you don't agree, please take the time to come up with an original hate comment. Or simply do not read it at all. Thank you.

Now, June has been known as Pride Month. People from all over the world come together to now celebrate who they truly are. However, some people have been saying that LGBTQ pride is overrated. Or why can't straights have a Pride parade/month? Let me let you in on a little secret. We already do. It's every month. Every day. Every year. We can walk around, holding the hands of our loved ones without a second glance. We can show any kind of public affection to our significant other, without a single thought. We are not fetishized as a couple, and then assaulted for not complying by creepy men. We can dress any way we want, we can live any way we want, and we can love whoever we want without it being a problem. We can even have children, however we want. So why do we need something to rub in the faces of the LBGTQ community, when we already do that on an everyday basis?

Have you ever seen the faces of the people who identify within the LGBT community? They look normal. That's right. They look normal, because they are normal. They are people with feelings, hopes, desires, and fears just like anyone else. And because they are so normal, you may even know one or many people who belong to this community. Some of the people I love most are constantly being bullied or discriminated against for how they identify. It makes me sick. It should make you sick too.

Why are people reduced down to nothingness because of who they are or who they love? Why are some straights so quick to abandon family members because of who they love? What really does not make any sense to me, is how can you force someone to bring life into this world (because life is so precious), but then abandon that same life when they identify differently from you? Or even worse, want that precious life and raise them, love them and care for them, but then hate them and want nothing to do with them the moment they tell you they might be different. How can someone do something so cruel? More importantly, why is this still happening during 2019? When we are supposed to be strides ahead of Stonewall and past generations, but we are not and I seriously have to ask why? Why is it that we straights get to decide what's best for the lives of the LGBTQ? Or how they should live? WE SHOULDN'T. It's none of our business.

So I ask you, is it necessary to have a pride month for the LBGTQ community? Yes, but I believe they should have so much more than a month. They should be treated like people. After all they are normal people, so treat them like it.

Pride Month is a time to not be ashamed of who you are or who you love. It's a time to embrace it. Why should something so trivial determine whether you are allowed to experience human decency? It shouldn't. But if it does, and you feel like you have no one left in your corner supporting you, I'm here. I'll help fight for you. I will never stop being on your side. You are worthy. You deserve love. You deserve to be who you are. You deserve your rights and I will help you protect them.