Show Your Pride Contest Entry Template:
My Pride Pet:Pet's name: Pan
#TSPM-June2023SYPEdit: (Oops, the items were repurposed for smth else after ^^;)
Importance of Pride Contest Entry Template:Pride is important to me because: It's a reminder that it's alright to be proud of who you are. There are those who will get mad about Pride month even existing, with reasons ranging from "veterans should be celebrated instead" or "it's wrong to be gay/trans/queer and you shouldn't be celebrating it" or even "the lgbtq+ community is getting its recognition, it doesn't need pride month anymore". At the end of the day, pride month isn't about any of that, and it's kind of funny how people miss that since it's in the name. It's to be proud of who you are, no matter who you are.
Pride month exists to make everyone feel human-like they matter, and to remind them it's okay to be you. And with how bad things are going right now, especially with the USA under constant threat of anti-trans laws, and other countries making it illegal to be queer, people need that hope more than ever. When you have everyone telling you what you genuinely feel is wrong or not okay, it can mess with you. I have a conservative christian mother who constantly goes on about the "lgbtq+ agenda" and there are times when I doubt if what I want for myself is worth it or right.
But Pride isn't pushing an agenda, it's reaching out to those people who need a reminder it's perfectly okay to want to be happy with their bodies or lives. Because everyone deserves to be happy, right? So why should what you identify as or who you love change that? Pride reminds you to take charge of YOUR own life and to be proud of who YOU are, and never let anyone else tell you otherwise.
Pride is natural, every human experiences it, so it's all more the reminder that we are all equally human and should never be told to feel ashamed for it.
I will continue being proud of who I am because only I know what I truly want for myself. I will continue striving for what would make me happier, and you should do the same. I am
proud to say I am a transmasc genderqueer person, who is demi-pansexual, and very in love with my boyfriend.
Happy Pride Month, remember that you are always loved and accepted somewhere, somehow (and if you don't think you are, I love you /p)
And stay safe, stay true, stay
you.
#TSPM-June2023SYP