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Pride Month starts today and why it matters to me.

I didn't come out to a soul until I was 51. Not because I didn't know but because it was a part of me I squashed down. I came out as Queer because the label gave me room to breathe after years of telling myself I was bi but never fully embracing it. I'm honestly still unsure whether I was protecting myself because it felt "safer" to believe a lie or if there was a kernel of truth in it. But since coming out, the "gay part" of me has been the loudest by leaps and bounds.

The real me finally getting sunlight or some kind of Queer Rumspringa after years of repression? Possibly both. What I do know is this: I would have figured it out a lot sooner if I’d lived in a world that didn't fear difference.

I'm not great at writing these sorts of personal posts, but I’ve felt especially introspective after just losing a childhood friend. The second in the past year. One was gay, but still neither knew this part of me until the very end. And that’s not enough.

So here’s to Pride, whether you came out at 14 or 94. Love to all of you, and a knowing wink to the ones who didn’t take the direct road to their truth. Not late. Not broken. Not alone.

#PrideMonth #Queer #LGBTQ #Pride #Pride2025

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CensorThis 7mo ago

What are you celebrating?

The fact 40% of gay black males have aids? The fact they’re 350x more likely to have AIDs than straights?

Are you celebrating the significant likelihood you have 6 other STDs as well?

CensorThis 6mo ago

Being a faggot is nothing to be proud of. 1/8 have AIDs you disease ridden fucks : • There are about 5.5 million gay and bisexual men in the U.S.

• Out of those, 683,000 have HIV (including both diagnosed and undiagnosed cases), which is roughly 12% of that group.

• About 675,000 gay and bisexual men are Black, making up around 12% of the total gay/bi population.

• Of those Black gay and bisexual men, 188,000 have HIV (including both diagnosed and undiagnosed cases), so about 28% of them are living with HIV.