I think that I am such a complex individual that to be proud of my sexuality would be like taking a specific ingredient of a recipe, and praising its quality/uniqueness. I don't really see the need to be proud of one isolated part of the whole. I have accepted it fully and embrace it as part of who I am, but I am not specifically proud that it is a part of me any more than I am proud that my favorite color is blue, or that I am an introvert.
As far as the community, I have to say I'm not really proud of it either. I think as a group that has experienced oppression, it has exhibited the same oppression that it has also taken on and continues to do so on a very large scale. The community at large has definitely made significant strides in some areas but has completely failed to even acknowledge its pitfalls in other areas, and I think that as individuals who face derision for their differences, they have not always been kind to the differences in others.
