Pride Month coming up....

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the hating shriekers must not know what love [or even common decency] is.

I have complicated feelings about Pride month. It's not always been the easiest time of year for me. Yet I think that's why it's important. It's a time of celebration and reflection. We stand together.

As a pretty masculine sporty gay autistic guy I find it difficult to identify with those who identify as "T" but I keep learning about them so I can both respect and understand those of us who identify thus, along with other minorities who all deserve respect.

Let this continue to be a haven for all our members wherever they are on the spectrum. Let us also think of those who don't enjoy the same kind of rights we do, such as those in countries such as Uganda where it's criminalized to love who you wish to.

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Come one, come all!

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I do not support pride month. I subscribe to the theory that the existence of things like LGBT awareness actually makes the haters come out and implants it in their mind that LGBT have special rights.

If no one did the rainbow flags and companies didn't have professional gay people sending out e mails in June, I firmly believe the anti gay stuff would be less. But when you have a month, it makes people "remember" and convinces some on the fence that LGBT people have special rights that non LGBT don't have, so it pushes them over the edge.

I will take the flak. I support gay marriage, gay adoption, workers rights to not be fired for being LGBT, but to me having a month is more divisive than it is inclusive.

There is a difference between tolerance and bending over backwards. I support tolerance, not bending over backwards.

I remember when Matthew Shepard was killed, it was the drive behind a lot of this. When it turned out that the story was complete BS, it was just like "yeah lets forget that part." He was not murdered because he was gay, it was a typical drug related robbery turned violent.

I tolerate LGBT. I support federal protections from housing, employment, and marriage discrimination. Thats it, it ends there. Suddenly now I'm a bigot in some circles for thinking my company having a professional gay guy on staff is ridiculous (DEI officer). If thats it, then so it.

I will take the angry replies, but I've supported gay marriage well before it was legal and also gay adoption and other protections. I just draw the line at the social pressure to wear the damn rainbow flag pin or pretend to give a crap about LGBT pride month.

Pride is protest rather than celebration. It's a direct response to hate.
"We don't want you to exist," say the bigots. "Especially not where we can see you."
"Well," we say. "Then we will exist even harder."