I used to feel like you do. then I had someone explain it to me like this.
every year Christians gather the whole months of November and December to celebrate the birth of their savior. they hang decorations, they show ads on TV, they go around singing their songs to the neighborhood, they play their songs in every single store. for eight weeks this goes on. they do this to feel comfort and unity during this time, and for 10 long months they look forward to this time. to some it can literally be the only thing that makes them carry on.
for disenfranchised LGBTQA+ people pride month is the exact same, and if we can accept Christmas for eight weeks, we can accept gay pride for four.
The other thing that’s kinda cool is that you get to see a bunch of people who normally are kinda invisible, but make up a considerable part of your city and life. It’s incredibly fun to see people from all walks of life and backgrounds all having fun together. It makes us all stronger and more unified. It reminds me that we absolutely can do anything when we all work together as a team. Also, about 60% of the crowd there is probably running your city’s IT infrastructure ;)
Where I live people usually start going about it in September or October till mid fucking January. Or at least the supermarkets/advertisements start that. Remember Jesus? Time to waste money, give it to us!
I used to feel like you do. then I had someone explain it to me like this.
every year Christians gather the whole months of November and December to celebrate the birth of their savior. they hang decorations, they show ads on TV, they go around singing their songs to the neighborhood, they play their songs in every single store. for eight weeks this goes on. they do this to feel comfort and unity during this time, and for 10 long months they look forward to this time. to some it can literally be the only thing that makes them carry on.
for disenfranchised LGBTQA+ people pride month is the exact same, and if we can accept Christmas for eight weeks, we can accept gay pride for four.
The other thing that’s kinda cool is that you get to see a bunch of people who normally are kinda invisible, but make up a considerable part of your city and life. It’s incredibly fun to see people from all walks of life and backgrounds all having fun together. It makes us all stronger and more unified. It reminds me that we absolutely can do anything when we all work together as a team. Also, about 60% of the crowd there is probably running your city’s IT infrastructure ;)
8 weeks? Really?
Where I live people usually start going about it in September or October till mid fucking January. Or at least the supermarkets/advertisements start that. Remember Jesus? Time to waste money, give it to us!