CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) – Pride Month, June, is becoming more complicated.
It used to be a celebration of gayness. To which I would say who you love is your business. Your sexual practices, so long as they are among consenting adults, are none of my business. Most of us would prefer you keep that to yourself.
The two gay people that I know personally have nothing to do with wearing rainbow speedos in a parade. I always thought that it was grossly unfair that their sexuality is lumped in with exhibitionists.
And now the LGBTQ movement has thrown in with the gay community. This is a very small subset who have somehow managed to dominate the conversation. That they are such a minority and yet have risen to prominence is something for sociologists to study. The vast majority of Americans still believe – correctly – that gender is determined at birth and is biological. Wishing that you were the opposite sex does not make it so. You are still chromosome XX or XY. You can have all the surgery and medication you wish, and your gender doesn’t change. And people within this movement insist that we play along with their narrative, or we’re labeled as bigoted or intolerant. And the flag of these falsehoods flies over dozens of government buildings through the end of the month.
Pride is not a drag show in public library or suggesting to grade school students that they may be something they are not. A girl who is a tomboy or a boy who is effeminate are not people who need to be cured.
Pride used to the expressed with understated dignity. Why is that in such short supply these days?
Chris Conley
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