Comment I found on Fark, which I repost here in full (very slightly edited) because I think it's important:
"I think what certain Farkers miss, intentionally, is that in most countries, Pride is a protest -- a fight where people who just want to live their lives without interference from their governments or neighbors protest for that.
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"Asking for Pride to be less "in your face" isn't just asking for a protest for equal rights to be buried, but a demand [that] LGBTQ+ people go back in the closet without those rights.
"In the US, for instance, Pride is in June because its roots are in the Stonewall Riots, wherein a bunch of trans, gay, lesbian, and bi people were violently assaulted by police, and fought back.
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