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Reflecting On Pride In A Time Of Regression

Reflecting On Pride In A Time Of Regression

So Much Of What We Thought Was Support Was Actually Pity

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Jun 30, 2023
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The 2023 New York City Pride Parade., Photo by Pamela Drew/flickr

When I was a teenager coming to terms with my extremely complicated sexuality and identity, I feared others would find out and desperately tried to hide it. It was lonely and alienating and scary, but what I didn’t realize was others already knew, including some whom I wish didn’t.

In 1999…

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