Pride
This past month was National Pride month; for those who do not know what this means, it is basically a month set aside to bring awareness about LQBTQ+ issues, as well as to honor individuals who have contributed to the LGBT+ community by advocating and speaking up about LGBT+ issues. From what I understand it is about being proud of who you are and embracing who you are as a person. There have been conversations, and when I say conversations I am putting it in polite terms, about how if there is an existence of pride month for LGBTQ+ individuals than there should also be a month for heterosexual people. This argument is nothing new, it basically follows the lines of arguments such as “all lives matter vs. black lives matter”, “Meninist vs. Feminist”, etc. However, people who make these arguments are completely missing the point. Pride, does not equivalate discrimination or even dismissal of heterosexuality, just as the black lives movement does not dismiss the idea that all lives hav