I was asked recently by one of my friends how Brian and I celebrated pride month and how it became a month celebration when other important historic event celebrations were only honored by a day. I wasnt going to comment on this but I came to the conclusion that with current state of affairs in the U.S. I would go ahead and state my opinion.
I dont have the foggiest idea how or who decided to celebrate Pride for an entire month. Frankly I am too busy to even give it consideration.
As to the question of how I celebrate Pride, the answer is I dont. I grew up in a conservative household, I was slow to admit my homosexuality, not coming out of the closet until my late 20's though I am sure by then many of my friends had figured it out. I remember sitting on a bench outside a gay bar in Kentucky when a bunch of rednecks drove by with shotguns and shot into the front of the bar. Nobody wanted to call the police because they didnt want to call undue attention to the bar. I disagreed because I thought they were caving in to the opposition. My how things have changed. Today the media and the gay community and the far left dictate daily how others are to perceive and think about gays. You never see a conservative masculine gay character on t.v. The media has decided that all gays should be campy drag queens, living from one punchline to another and screaming gurl at each other like its some sort of stamp of approval. That shits not for me. Dont act that way, dont share my time with those individuals. I never understood what it meant to be married until the moment when I said I do. That is a personal relationship between my husband and I and frankly I dont need any Religion, Federal, or State law to make it legal. When I was in my thirties the gay community was entirely different than what it has become today. There may have been differences in preferences but we were all part of a group. Today's gay community has become segmented into many different groups. There is no longer a place for Adult, conservative, professional main stream gay men. If you dont support transgender, which has nothing to do with Homosexuality, if you dont support the drag community or the leather community or feminine men, you become ostrasized. I have never preferred any type of feminine behavior. I like masculinity, I dont understand being gay and preferring female behavior. Hell most of my women friends are as masculine as men most of the time. The gay community labels my preference as "fake Masculinity" Piss on them. Marching half naked down the street wearing make up or painted up like some parrot, or wearing assless chaps and leather around my chest does not interest me nor does it represent who I am as a person. Being gay is not an agenda for me. I dont live my life going from one gay event to another, going to gay bars nightly or only supporting gay businesses. I live my life as an individual, with my partner, with zero consideration of what others think of my "preferences". I get up every day knowing that I am accepted by the people who I have surrounded myself with. There are only two people in this world that I have to live up to. Myself and My Husband.
As to the argument of the legality of gay marriage or the far religious rights objection to same sex marriage, religion freedom is a right in America, EVERYONE has the right to worship in the way they see fit. Those that say God will judge and God is against same sex marriage I have only one statement. You preach that God is a loving and accepting, forgiving being. The pure JOY that I felt when I married Brian in the presence of our friends and family cannot just be reserved for gods heterosexual followers. A loving God wants everyone of his "children" to feel that joy. Period.
