You have a very valid point, and I definitely think there is room for discussion on the front of pride. I think that pride is definitely tied to the overcoming of hardship, but it is also important to take into account the history of pride and heteronormativity, and how even outside of personal struggles with family, marriage, jobs, etc., it is also something to take pride in just to live and love in a society that even now can still discriminate against that. It's a shame that that individual attacked you and refused to listen to what you had to say, and I'm sorry about that :(
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I agree with everything you've said. But I think labeling that pride as "gay pride" acts like a wall against those who don't understand what it's all about.
As a straight individual who had very little contact with anything LBGTQ+ growing up, I could only get to this conclusing after actively thinking about how something about it didn't quite add up.
Mutual understanding is the key to solve conflicts based on differences, so I think the term "gay pride" works against the cause of acceptance because even if everyone who is LGBTQ+ easily understands the idea, others don't.
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