Pride month is celebrated in June, and it started in June 1969 with the Stonewall Uprising. In this month the LGBTQ communities voices, rights and cultures are lifted and celebrated throughout the month. There is parades, protests,drag performances, live theater and memorials and celebration of life for members who lost live due HIV/AIDS are been traditionally practiced nationwide like a celebration throughout the pride month.
Pride month is important because it signifies the true essence for living despite being any gender or transgender. Their symbol which is rainbow flag created by Gilbert Baker in 1978 specifies each color with its own meanings. It has six colors in general and every color symbolizes something.
Red =symbolic of life
orange =symbolic of spirit
yellow =sunshine
green = nature
blue = harmony
purple =spirit
According to the cause or movement the flag adds some more colors to represent the initiative on larger scale.
In 2021,black color was included to show support for the protest of Black Lives Matter.
The pride is about embracing our own real self personality and to make people realize that whoever you are, hold a pride for yourself in every scenario.
It is important to let LGBTQ community live the life they wanted to live from so long, and they have battling so many battles among society and for their own to admit their sexuality in front of the world.
It is highly suspicious to be a transgender in our society, but they have forgotten that they are being born on their own, but the God has created them in that way. Every soul created needs to be acknowledged, respected and accepted.
Pride is celebrated to let people know that LGBTQ community exist and to get the basic rights and freedom that they deserve as a human, to keep the issues in news and highlight the injustice faced by them on regular basis. To make a noise and to get the justice is the motive behind so many pride celebration. They are fighting from so long without being tired and what they are asking just a basic rights. Due to all these some rights have been granted for them and more needs to be given immediately.
We can lend our support the pride by involving in various parades, protest and marches. By donating to some organizations who are supporting LGBTQ community.
Pride is holding a special place for many people,after all the sacrifices and torture finally they are breathing freely, it actually changed their whole life and It’s making more people to come out and admit their personality without being ashamed.
Love yourself with freedom,embrace and fly.