I’m A Gay Man. Here’s Why I Don’t Celebrate Pri Month

Contents:

• I’M A GAY MAN. HERE’S WHY I DON’T CELEBRATE PRI MONTH
• GAY CULTURE HAS GROWN TOXIC WH UNCHECKED PRIVILEGE. IT'S TIME FOR TO RET
• “I DON’T LIKE GOG TO GAY PRI”: EXPERIENC OF NEGOTIATG LGBTQIA MORMON INTY UTAH

I’M A GAY MAN. HERE’S WHY I DON’T CELEBRATE PRI MONTH

Social media ers have been celebratg this year’s crop of big-name Pri merchandise wh gleeful montag of the most bizarre offergs: A mcle tank that reads “Sipp’ on Gaytora, ” another that says “Closets are for Cloth, ” a bottle of Pri-themed nail polish lled “Yaaasss Green. “When I was young and my early 20s, when I knew I was gay, if I were to see a pany that was flyg a Pri flag, that was acceptg and welg, I would have been blown away, ” Ellis said.

The difference between what means to be a gay person on the Right and a gay person on the Left is beg far more profound than mere polil disagreement.

Although there is much discsn about the legimacy of gay nservativ, we often don’t articulate why we reject our socially assigned muny, or how difficult that separatn n sometim be. The very ncept of “gay” rights and activism to force a sexual revolutn is the basis of today’s liberalism. Gays did not beg by askg for marriage or to be viewed as everyday cizens; the movement grew om social rejectn and tentnal unter-culture behavrs and worldviews.

GAY CULTURE HAS GROWN TOXIC WH UNCHECKED PRIVILEGE. IT'S TIME FOR TO RET

Beg gay was more than jt same-sex attractn, was a liftyle of rebelln and creativy. Like most gays my age, I have a set of mon social experienc, but I am told I am not entled to enjoy or appreciate them. I grew up wh a generatn of gay movi, magaz, onle chat rooms, micians and, of urse, drag queens.

But by rejectg what LGBT is today, I am expected to forfe all cultural experienc lkg me to the gay muny.

“I DON’T LIKE GOG TO GAY PRI”: EXPERIENC OF NEGOTIATG LGBTQIA MORMON INTY UTAH

Much of how society views me is stctured around media imag of gay men, ually origatg om “Will and Grace, ” “Ellen, ” and RuPl. My iends, fay, workers, and those wh whom I engage onle hold a certa set of expectatns for me to happily fulfill as their gay iend.

This was the stated goal of the gay movement for more than a . Gays Aren’t Fun Any More. Gays aren’t fun any longer.

While growg up, I watched the gay world through movi, the Inter, and magaz and imaged an environment of lghter, mic, and genue acceptance. There is simply nothg for me to march for or agast as a gay man. I Don’t Need the Gay Movement to Be Free.