Quote: “Starting with the Stonewall Uprising in June 1969, Pride Month both commemorates and celebrates LGBTQ activism and culture through the years.”
Reaction: It took this point in time to get transgender people like me, as a non-binary person to be able to select the gender I identify as on my State Identification Card here in the USA. This is the very movement that brought gay marriage into the equation by making it a question on the United States ballot for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts way back when, when I was a kid, both of my moms got married to one another as a lesbian couple back in October of 2005. Damn right I support it and that I am 100% proud of their marriage. May P. Goff rest in peace as of 03/2021. The date gay marriage became legal is on “May 17, 2004, the first legal gay marriage in the US was performed in Cambridge, MA between Tanya McCloskey, a massage therapist, and Marcia Kadish, an employment manager at an engineering firm. [ 26] Before 2004, four states had banned gay marriages.”This little bit of information has provided me such information from a website known as gaymarriage.procon.org/history-of-gay-marriage/ Thank you to whoever wrote this article, the portion that's in quotes from my reaction/response is from this link here: gaymarriage.procon.org/history-of-gay-marriage/ so be sure to go check out their cool information please and thank you!
Quote: “June is Pride Month, and though it continues to look different this year as the country emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, that does not mean that we shouldn't be celebrating the work of the LGBTQ activists who have changed the world.”
Reaction: During this pandemic, I concur with the stance that we should have people marching in parades with masks on with people watching the pride parade from a heavily populated area like for instance, I live in Pennsylvania, so I should have to watch the Harrisburg, Pittsburgh or Philadelphia LGBTQ+ pride parade from home to prevent the spread of the virus. We wanna prevent the spread as much as possible by social distancing and wearing masks, washing + sanitizing our hands, taking showers daily, brushing our teeth, just really paying attention to our hygiene and having a good hygiene regiment. We should be buying from pride stores to support such efforts to celebrate pride month, but we should be doing so in in-person stores that comply with the code of conduct of the CDC or online stores. Did you know I have pride stuff in my Cafepress store? Just go to cafepress.com/goffprintsshop please and thank you!
Quote: “Pride Month is an entire month dedicated to the uplifting of LGBTQ voices, celebration of LGBTQ culture and the support of LGBTQ rights. Throughout the month of June, nationwide, there have traditionally been parades, protests, drag performances, live theater and memorials and celebrations of life for members of the community who lost their lives to HIV/AIDS. It is part political activism, part celebration of all the LGBTQ community has achieved over the years.”
Reaction: My mother used to work for AIDS Project Worcester (pronounce Wisster). Maybe I could do an interview with her for this blog eventually to get more compelling content for pride month because she is a lesbian who celebrates pride. Why not do a for us by us type interview? I love drag queens by the way. My favorite will always be Trixie! We have to keep fighting for our rights and the progression of our civil rights as people. We need a queer-friendly nation for us LGBTQ+ people so we aren't so marginalized. If this means we have to deliver the message through protests, then I'm either going to make a sign or grab a sign and protest the heck out of the government until we get a movement going for our fellow humans who celebrates pride month because they're here and queer just like me!
Bibliography:
“Everything You Need to Know about Pride Month.” PEOPLE.com, people.com/human-interest/pride-month-explained-pride-month-facts/.
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