I really dunno where Pride came from, so googled it for you. Wikipedia notes below. :) For me, Pride is simply being proud of who you are. that you are an LGBT and an equal member of the society, comfortable with your own skin.
Pride often is a festive series of activities - parades, parties, talks, marches. Rainbow is the official color/flag of Pride to show the many kinds of people I guess, diversity.
Internationally, it's celebrated in June to remember the first LGBT march. But in the Philippines, it's done December, to time with the Human Rights Day every Dec 10.
Happy and Gay! - redundant, but it shows how doubly optimist the LGBT people are despite the challenges in life, not limited to equality. notice how every straight person has at least one gay friend?
More with Les - haha. being lesbian, does that make us twice the usual woman? Hehe. i really think highly of lesbians. there's a certain swag and oomph with lesbians. we are more confident because we don't give a hoot with impressing men/boys, so our personalities shine more. we do give our arms and legs (even our soul) for the women we love. hehe.
Pride parades for the LGBT community (also known as gay pride parades, LGBT pride parades, pride events and pride festivals) are events celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) culture. The events also at times serve as demonstrations for legal rights such as same-sex marriage. Most pride events occur annually and many take place around June to commemorate the Stonewall riots, a pivotal moment in the modern LGBT rights movement.
How Pride started:Early on the morning of Saturday, 28 June 1969, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning persons rioted following a police raid on the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. The Stonewall Inn was a gay bar which catered to an assortment of patrons, but which was popular with the most marginalized people in the gay community: transvestites, transgender people, effeminate young men, hustlers, and homeless youth. The Stonewall riots are generally considered to be the beginning of the modern gay rights movement, as it was the first time in modern history that a significant body of LGBT people resisted arrest.
Today is the beginning of the week, last week of Pride celebration. To some, it's the beginning of the rest of their lives - seeing with new eyes. clarity. perspective. embracing with new arms. openness. acceptance. standing with new legs. strength. conviction. everybody, Stand Up for Love! and let us Walk Free and Proud! =)
Marvelous Monday to all you lovelies!
STAND UP by Jessie J
If you surround yourself with negative people
You'll never feel settled in or become an equal, no
They'll suppress you of your spirit and rinse you dry of smiles
So reach deep and release your inner child, yeah, yeah
So stand up for the love, love, love
So stand up for the love, love, love
So stand up for the love, love, love
So stand up, stand up, for the love, love
'Cause you're as old as you feel you are
And if you don't reach for the moon you can't fall on the stars
So I live my life like every day is the last, last, last
'Cause you're as old as you feel you are
And if you don't reach for the moon you can't fall on the stars
So I live my life like every day is the last, last, last
So stand up
If you let a frown become your normality, yes
You don't set an example for the youth of our humanity
If you spend every day wishing for the next to come
Aged and lifeless is what, yes, you'll become, yeah, yeah
So stand up for the love, love, love
So stand up for the love, love, love
So stand up for the love, love, love
So stand up, stand up, for the love, love
'Cause you're as old as you feel you are
And if you don't reach for the moon you can't fall on the stars
So I live my life like every day is the last, last, last
'Cause you're as old as you feel you are
And if you don't reach for the moon you can't fall on the stars
So I live my life like every day is the last, last, last
(So stand up)
I live my life like every day is the last
So ignore the bad and the good will soon come
Don't think second best, be number one
Spread some love, don't give to receive
Strive to be happy and live to believe
So ignore the bad and the good will soon come
Don't think second best, be number one
Spread some love, don't give to receive
Strive to be happy and live to believe
So stand up for the love, love, love
So stand up, stand up for the love, love, love
So stand up for the love, love, love
So stand up, stand up, for the love, love
'Cause you're as old as you feel you are
And if you don't reach for the moon you can't fall on the stars
So I live my life like every day is the last, last, last
'Cause you're as old as you feel you are
And if you don't reach for the moon you can't fall on the stars
So I live my life like every day is the last, last, last
'Cause you're as old as you feel you are
And if you don't reach for the moon you can't fall on the stars
So I live my life like every day is the last, last, last
So stand up for the l-l-love, yeah
So stand up for the l-l-love, yeah
So stand up
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