Gird Your Rainbows, Pride Month is Here

It’s that time of year again; Birds are chirping, Pride flags are waving and the gays are fornicating. What a wonderful time to be alive!

If you’re anything like us, Pride Month is equally exhilarating and exhausting and the best part of it all? It’s just mental. No drinks had, no tables danced on, no party* here except the one that’s 24/7 in our brain. (*interchangeable with anxiety)

Pride brings an overwhelming foray of feelings thanks to the abundance of questions often left unanswered. Am I gay enough? How am I contributing to our community? Why don’t I have more LGBTQ+ friends? When was the last time I washed my hair? 

Honestly, Pride Month looks different to us every year. At the risk of exposing ourselves as the heathens we are, the truth is we usually don’t do anything for Pride (huge gasp from somewhere in the audience). Before you choke on your judgment, we can explain ourselves.

If your first thought is that we simply don’t realize how important this month is, then you’re wrong my friend. I mean, we started our own ally pin in honor of those that paved the way for us because we are fully aware of what our freedom has cost others. The reality is, we don’t celebrate any specific day or month because we’re celebrating every damn day. 

Can you believe it hasn’t even been a full 10 years since same sex marriage was legalized in every state? We have cans in our pantry older than that (don’t worry, doing a purge immediately after posting this). Just as our progress is still new, so is our privilege. We’ve shared our story many times here, so you’re familiar with our struggles in coming out and staying out. We are no strangers to heartache, loneliness and disappointment but we are here and we are choosing to love each other despite the obstacles because we’ve come too far to not keep going. 

If you’re a part of the LGBTQ+ community and relate to the anxiety this month brings, join the club. There isn’t one right way to represent this holiday but whatever you do, do it authentically and freely. This is a friendly reminder that you existing in your truth and remembering the ones who paved the way is enough. You don’t have to be out of the closet to be grateful. If anyone from our community makes you feel otherwise or less than because you’re not out, you don’t look a certain way, or don’t watch RuPaul’s Drag Race, on behalf of them, we apologize. You belong here with us and we need you.

So go to that bar and meet up with that cutie with a booty. Hit up that brunch with friends and a drag show! Watch Disobedience for the 15th time and keep convincing yourself it’s because you have a keen interest in Jewish synagogues. However you celebrate, just celebrate. Pride is a feeling, not a look. We hope you feel everything beautiful and positive today and always.