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I’M A GAY MAN. HERE’S WHY I DON’T CELEBRATE PRI MONTH
Some people have been sharg imag of queer ins and homophob alike wearg exprsns of disapproval—RuPl owng on the phone, Ltle Edie rantg Grey Garns, Aunt Lydia swlg The Handmaid’s Tale. If policians, rporatns, and police are okay wh the gays, why march at all? Gay sire, the exprsn of trans and fluid inti, and asexualy each suggts different ias of what a “productive” life looks like.
The HIV/AIDS crisis was—and still is—worsened by stigmas agast gay sex. Moreover, homophobia roots self a sense of revulsn—a notn that certa kds of sex and bodi are weird, unnatural, and wrong.
Some people are simply sayg “yuck” to people wearg the same amount of cloth you’d expect to see at any beach—and “yuck, ” of urse, is exactly how homophob react to gay Cisg the age of nsentStep back, though, and the objectns bee almost reassurg.