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CMV:I dont understand gay pride parades

I'm im not homofibic and im sorry if I offend you, I really dont want to offend any one.

I dont understand the point of the parade, I mean I understand being proud of your sexuality and I completly support that but I just dont understand why a parade is necessary? I mean I get that if you go around with other people that are also a part of the lgbtq+ community could make you feel more confident and accepted, but is a parade the best way to do that I mean I dont think any homofobic persone will change is mind about the lgbtq+ cummunity seeing a parade so why not have a event or a convensain insted? I would love to hear some good resons to have a pride parade becauseim sure I must be missing them.
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For decades and decades being gay was something to be horribly ashamed of. 
  
It was looked down upon, it was seen as a perversion, and being outed as gay was akin to being outed as a perverted freak with severe consequences. 
  
Pride parades started in part to push back against this massive cultural shaming of gay people, and instead of hiding their sexuality like they had done for decades, people openly flaunted it. Because why should they have to hide it? 
  
Pride parades have been enormously successful in bringing attention to the intense injustice faced by the LGBTQ community, as well as serving as good bases upon which to call for political action and reform.  
  
Now that being gay is more accepted by the year their initial purpose is less relevant, but there's still an intense amount of bigotry and discrimation even now. 
  
Plus, parades are fun. It's a celebration of people being who they are and not being scared of it. What's so wrong with that? No one who doesn't like them has to go.