They (whoever "they" are) have decreed that the month of June should be set aside for members of the gay and lesbian community. It's their month to show how proud they are to be homosexual. I guess. The logic of this is strange. I am a member of this community but can't say that I'm proud of it. I'm not ashamed nor am I embarrassed either. It's just that....well, what's there to be proud of? I'm white, too. Should I be proud of that? Should I be proud to be Norwegian, or an American? How can you be proud of something you have no control over? I could have been born a straight, black, Haitian man. Should I be proud that I wasn't? Nope. How can you claim pride of an accident of circumstance?
So what am I proud of? I am proud of the novel I've written. I'm proud of work I do and the fact that many people consider me a friend. In other words, I'm proud of things that I can control. Be proud of what you do and how you act, not who you are. If everyone did that, there would be far fewer wars and far less animosity and fear in this world. And way less stupidity.
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