some of the posts in here
have any of you even been to a gay Pride parade? mostly of it is composed of gay social organizations and volunteers (aka gay veterans, HRC, gay families etc) . only like 10% of it is shirtless dancing men
The whole reason that many minorities express a form of PRIDE is because of the constant systematic oppression that society has placed on us for being nothing else but who we are. in order to combat people saying that we are Evil, sinners, bad, going to hell, abnormal we have to stand up and say NO. I am Gay and I am proud of it and there is noting wrong with it.
we will never convince people that being gay is "normal" but what you can convice them is that we are just the same as all of them and we just want the respect that we deserve as human beings. This is why we have to stand up and say that we are proud because the opposite of ashamed is Proud.