When the need for external validation gets out of hand, one ends up with Pride Month – note how “gay” has been dropped. What does “Pride Month” even mean?
Heteronormativity is a thing (it even spell-checks!). That dreadful Miller advertisement is proof enough. However, it should be a thing because hetero is normal.
I’ve always argued for Gay Pride Parades – “without children” should go without saying – because it’s one brief moment (even a long parade is only a couple of hours) during which the constant bombardment reverses. I don’t need to see boobs draped over motorcycles, assless chaps take their place. I don’t need to hear yet another love song about men and women; two men can tragically break up, instead. Being in a crowd (picture from 2001 Pridefest in Denver, my first) and knowing everyone is like you is undeniably a great feeling – it’s part of being human.
It is entirely about external validation, though. External validation is great when one is 10. At 20, one really should be over it. At 30, it’s immature. That gives a gay pride demographic between 18 and 25. Add in some prurient interest, glory-days-seekers, and “I’ve never done this before” and that might expand to some 16 year-olds sneaking in, some 30 year-olds pretending to be 25, and a scattering of older people.
How did this turn into a MONTH and get EVERYWHERE?
Grow up, people. You can be whatever you want to be, but don’t look to the world for validation. It wastes your time and annoys the world.
Those of us LGBTwhatever folks who are also annoyed are not thrilled at the brewing backlash you are causing with your immature psychological needs. See a therapist and leave the rest of us alone.
This is hardly “news”, unless your immaturity extends to not recognizing the (paraphrased) quote “sow the wind, reap the whirlwind”. It’s only 4,000 years old. Backlash is not a new concept and you’re creating one. Stop before the whirlwind arrives because I don’t want to deal with the mess you are creating.
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