This is the last Friday of Pride month so it only seems fitting that we would make this Furry Friday related to GLBTQ+ Pride. The whole month of June is dedicated to Pride in honor and remembrance of the Stonewall Riots which occurred June 28, 1969. It was this event that was “the shot heard round the world” and finally helped set forth the Uprising against police brutality against GLBTQ+, a demand for equal rights, and the beginning of Gay Pride marches and parades yearly from that moment forward.
Showing your true colors is so important, whether one is GLBTQ+ or an ally. It is not enough to say that “gay is only a small part of me.” It was Harvey Milk’s cry to “Come out, come out, wherever you are,” that furthered this movement. “Coming out is the most political thing you can do,” he said. And, “If every gay person were to come out only to his/her own family, friends, neighbors, and fellow workers, within days the entire state would discover that we are not the stereotypes generally assumed.” He was able to say those things and advance the cause because finally a group of people said, “NO MORE!”
Not that a sense of Gay Pride didn’t exist before that faithful night in June ’68. There was a plethora of heroes who paved the way and made what happened possible in so many way. But that uprising gave us a symbol and a date to celebrate. And that is very important.
But preaching aside (especially to the choir), let’s now look at some beautiful bearded men celebrating their Gay Pride. Please VOTE for your Favorites. And Happy Gay Pride!!
~ Noah and Ben
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