Thread:Copetan/@comment-35000429-20190703051523/@comment-27328974-20190703215121

The reason that pride month exists (at least, as far as I understand) is because, historically, gender and sexual minorities have been heavily discriminated against (and are still, to this day, discriminated against, albeit to a lesser degree); the month is basically an "awareness" period to show that LGBTQ people exist everywhere, and are normal people like everybody else, and, also, it serves to motivate portions of the LGBTQ community that are still stigmatized to have hope and/or accept their own sexuality/gender identity.