What Pride Means to Me

• Not apologizing for having short hair

• Being called a “dyke” and shrugging it off because I know I’m better than hateful language

• Being open with my friends about my sexuality

• Standing up for myself and my friends when “gay” is used in a derogatory way

• Keeping my sexuality  from my family because it’s my business and I’m not sure how they would feel about it

• Celebrating with my friends with rainbow flags

• Going to pride events

• Knowing you can be attracted to a person based on their personality and not what gender they are or aren’t

• Feeling at home in your body, whether or not it is the body you were born in

• Acceptance and tolerance

• Sticking together against homophobic comments

• Welcoming straight allies

• Discovering more about yourself and your sexuality every day

• Knowing it doesn’t take anything away from your heterosexual relationship to support others