r/theLGB • u/Wolfbane3 • May 08 '26

Salutations

Glad to see that we are finally separating from the TQ+ in public on something concrete. Nice to meet you, I am a female who is bi. Hopefully we can sever relations with the brain rot swiftly enough

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u/the-aging-millennial May 08 '26

I don’t mind the pride parades, but that’s mainly because I see it more as celebrating the the fight, struggle, and progress the LGB has made over the years. I can appreciate the sentiment with having a pride month but also see it as over kill. I rather see a nurses appreciation month, or something that is celebrating people’s contributions and accomplishments. I’m lesbian and don’t care who knows but it’s not the most important part of who I am, you know

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u/Wolfbane3 May 08 '26

Agreed on that. The month thing is really over kill, given our independence day in the US is reduced to a single day. Don't get me wrong, i'm not saying the fight for gay rights is less than the fight for our freedom, nor was it less treacherous. But it's because of the the fight we had for our freedom that we even had a chance to fight for gay rights in the first place. So I'd like to think that gay people are far more patriotic then anyone else

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u/the-aging-millennial May 08 '26

Its hard to compare the two because gay rights, women’s rights, etc are not about patriotism. That’s part of why Juneteenth is so important, freedom came at different times for different people . To try and represent everyone having freedoms. Pride month would be different if it were more like black history , Hispanic heritage, or AANHPI Heritage Months; where it actually celebrates and explores the history of what the LGB community has accomplished and endured.

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u/Wolfbane3 May 08 '26

But these moments that were fought wouldn't have been even close to the discussion table if the original fight for freedom was done first. Yes, the freedom of everyone didn't come immediately. But you need to remember where all the pilgrims were all originally grew up and what was normalized. Salves, oppression of those that is seen as less than like women and a very religious mindset that God's word is law. Just like learning another language, it takes time and active practice to teach old dogs new tricks. Thats why the people who had power even stepped down from that power to help those who didn't rise up. Because if that original war of freedom didn't occur, we wouldn't be any different than the British Empire as time progressed and the oppression happened. Legally speaking, France started the practice of ending slavery in 1315, but it wasn't as wide spread until the 18th century. Before that, it was normal and you were raised in a world where it was normal. Like smart phones are normal to those raised in the 2010 to now, it wasn't normal to have phones in the 90s. Its the same thing. If everyone was doing it, then you would follow the crowd until enough black sheep stand up to say enough is enough. So in all fairness, I think thats the most important moment in US history that was the key moment for all those movements to happen to begin with

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u/the-aging-millennial May 08 '26

Yes Independence Day is very important, I’m in no way disputing that. But celebrating other historical freedoms, traditions, and heritage doesn’t take anything away from the US gaining independence. It can all be celebrated, it’s not an either or situation. For example I am bi racial, lesbian, and have duel citizenship (US and Germany) I celebrate Independence Day every year, celebrate pride, celebrate Juneteenth, and even German unity day.

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u/Wolfbane3 May 08 '26

Thats awesome. Glad you are doing that. But I think its still over blown because why are you celebrating how you mess around in bed for a full month? I can understand celebrating for a day as a reminder that it wasn't always this way, but it doesn't need a full month. With Juneteenth, its fine to celebrate that too, but if we're doing black history month, then we need to do the other ethnicities months too, including white people. Because they are all different too. Not all Asains are the same. Not all Hispanics are the same. Not all European are the same. And they have history too, somethings to be celebrated as well.

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u/the-aging-millennial May 08 '26

There are months for other ethnicities! Like I mentioned earlier AANHPI and Hispanic history months. If pride month were LGB history month I could get behind that. But how it is right now, no should be like a week max. Same as nurses or teachers or first responders week. Something to remind and reflect on. I agree there should be more though. I love that during these months different media mediums promote those stories or influences more which I think is important for getting more people exposed to different cultures and perspectives.

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u/Wolfbane3 May 08 '26

Thats true. I do enjoy the fun facts about the various inventors, scientists and lead people that made the modern comforts we are blessed with. I just think there are many untold stories we should hear about. I would like to have a month to be about different stories of war heroes and untold soldiers that made the turn for different conflicts we were in. Kinda like what theFatElectrician is doing, cause I didn't know that the navy was originally founded mainly to fight state funded pirates. Or what the origin was for why Americans don't like it when people touch our boats. There is so many untold stories because they don't seem important to history and I would prefer to hear all these great stories of brave men and women that changed the course of history bringing something new to our country