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SPOILER: It isn't.

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It isn't

Because of the shit people have been through just like any other movement, equality, and publicity to the cause...

I would not say it's in my mind at all, and I would be lying if I said it had any great importance in my daily life and general worldviews, but I am in no way opposed to it. Anyone that wants to celebrate their or others' alternative sexualities should be absolutely free to do so, so one could say that it is only important to me insofar as others don't try to keep it from happening. Moreover, as said above, these people have historically been victim to terrible, terrible persecution, so I would say they have more cause than most to have a month dedicated to their struggles.

If you want for society to look at you normally, how about you stop making useless parades, insult anyone who has a merely contrary opinion, and, most importantly, stop shoving your sexuality into everyone's faces?

You're not wrong, but if they wanna do it, then let them do it. It's harmless, so why get triggered over it?

And you're right and wrong in that the parades are useless. Yes, they have no apparent purpose, but the feeling of being part of a greater community can do a lot for a person's emotional and mental health, especially if they're part of a somewhat outcast group. Parades have been done by humans for millennia. Religions have them, towns have them. It's a way of reaffirming identity and plain having fun. I have nothing against that.

Personally I believe it's important simply because the demonization (and outright mistreatment) that society used to have and still has in many places in the US and across the world. Popular media is mostly pro LGBT at this point, but I think pride is mostly just a celebration of the community if anything. Originally it played a purpose of trying to normalize the community in the minds of those who may/ are anti-LGBT. I think it plays no huge part of some sort of "social movement" and I don't think too many people in the community view it that way. The community is given a bit of a bad name by its own members online who take it a bit out of hand, and view it as some "Victory for social justice" stuff which I personally don't buy. I understand the criticism, but I personally believe it's their right to congregate and celebrate who they are, despite the persecution their community has faced throughout almost all of modern human history. That's where the thing about "Why isn't there a straight pride month?" sort of misses the point of what gay pride is. Gay pride is to show that they have persevered and are still there in society despite the numerous attempts to stop its existence. That's my understanding of it, some of the Soc. Justice Crusaders may disagree, and I'm sure many conservatives would too.

Only for politically correct. Personally, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht9lU-mgrEo about who sleeps with who, it's personal and none of my business. But in democracy they have rights we cannot refuse, or we are not better than those believing in Shari'a.

It isn’t. It’s just another “special treatment” month.

Pride month isn’t necessarily meant to be way of showing that you’re “proud to be gay,” it’s more like a lot of people who have something in common, who may have faced discrimination and bigotry in their towns, schools, or even their own homes getting together and saying “hey, I’m still me and you can’t do anything about it.” Personally, while I don’t celebrate outside of like the first three or four days and even then it’s pretty much just like an occasional Instagram post or something, I also haven’t had to deal with anything major. People gawking at me when they find out, people throwing small objects in like 7th grade when I first came out, my parents beat me at first but they’ve come to terms with it by now which is better than a lot of kids have it. Most people are willing to let it go here with just an eye roll and a “you’re going to hell but okay.” The people that tend to celebrate the most are the ones that didn’t have it as easy as I did, and I think that they deserve the right to say “fuck you” to anyone who tried to bring them down for something that is beyond their control.

If being gay is normal like they say, there's nothing special. They should be happy they got equality they deserved. But did they deserve it? There's no scientific proof that homosexuality is normal or healthy, and it's been considered morally wrong pretty much since forever

Being gay is not normal, but it’s not a choice either. And yes, in America there is marriage equality and all but it’s still legal to kick someone out of a restaurant or business setting for being gay. People beat and abuse their children for being gay. As for morals, people don’t like things that are different or that they feel threatened by. Straight women didn’t like the idea that other women might want to do things with them and straight men didn’t like that other men would do the same. Many religions speak out against it, but if you’re not religious then that doesn’t really change your mind. It isn’t normal, humans just like every other animal are biologically programmed to want to reproduce and find partners that they can reproduce with, but some humans have differences in their endocrine glands causing different hormones to be produced, that’s what I believe to be true at least and please correct me if I’m wrong because that is possible.