PRIDE literally started as a parade to shove gayness in peoples faces
In the 50s and 60s, there was a huge anti-gay culture
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and police departments kept lists of known homoloveuals, their favored establishments, and friends; the U.S. Post Office kept track of addresses where material pertaining to homoloveuality was mailed.[17] State and local governments followed suit: bars catering to homoloveuals were shut down, and their customers were arrested and exposed in newspapers. Cities performed "sweeps" to rid neighborhoods, parks, bars, and beaches of gay people. They outlawed the wearing of opposite gender clothes, and universities expelled instructors suspected of being homoloveual.[18] Thousands of gay men and women were publicly humiliated, physically harassed, fired, jailed, or institutionalized in mental hospitals. Many lived double lives, keeping their private lives secret from their professional ones.
A huge turning point against this was the Stonewall Riots, where a police raid against a gay bar was met with resistance. Pride parades are the anniversary celebration of this turning point. It's not just LOOK AT ME I'M GAY, it's a celebration of how far society has come that people don't have to hide anymore in fear of anyone finding out
I have no problem with loveual education but that doesn't need to include LGBT stuff in it? love ed is about practicing safe love, not going on a spirit journey to find out if you're LGBT.
There are LGBT-specific love-education issues, such as the prevalence of HIV in gay men compared to other populations.
These issues are taught to the whole class, because the alternative is singling out those who are LGBT and putting them in a different class
If you think a "spirit journey" is ridiculous then yeah, I'll agree with you there. I think most people will. But are any schools actually doing this?
"you have a warped perspective because you're x, but i don't because i'm x²"
That's a completely legitimate point.
People in a very blue state are going to have a different experience than people in a very red state, when it comes to such a charged issue
i've probably seen four gay people in my entire life
gays ... are 5% of the total populatiom
So you've only seen 80 people in your entire life?
