After the Parade

The parade is over. Pride month has ended.

Does this mean the world will stop acknowledging me for the next 11 months?

That’s kind of the way I like it.

Queers — back into hiding!

There is an element of pride month that feels too corporate.

Too canned. Too fake.

Attracting investors is all that matters to those companies — the ones that paste rainbow patterns over their logos.

Does that really do anything? Rainbows do not erase centuries of slurs and exile.

The parade is over.

It’s kind of a relief.

Being gay garners a lot of attention from straight people — positive and negative.

Why is my sex life your business? Why do I have to parade it around like a rainbow peacock? Just go away.

The Bible says pride is a sin — one of the big ones!

The Bible says much worse things, like no eating shellfish after Labor Day. Or was that Martha Stewart?

The Bible says this, the Bible says that.

That comic book would be better with some illustrations.

Pride month is about queers being accepted as ‘normal.’

I will never be normal, no matter what I do.

I’ve tried hard!

I used to pray to be straight each night.

Despite my mixed feelings, I’m glad those prayers were never answered.

“Being normal is vastly overrated.”

Which Disney Channel original movie is that from? I’ll give you a hint…

It was Debbie Reynolds’ best role.

The parade is over. Pride month has ended (Phew!)

Back to being hated.

Back to being ‘disgusting.’ Back to being ‘wrong.’

Back to being ‘me.’