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what pride means to me is being unapologetic about the things we should have never had
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to have apologized for in the first place um pride means being you and saying the rest
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If PRIDE were an acronym It would stand for perseverance Resistance Insistence Devotion Emotion
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I moved to New York when I was 19 years old And the experience of living in New York City
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And being a part of the theater community And seeing people thrive
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Seeing LGBTQ plus people thrive Helped me come to terms with my own truth
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and life has only gotten better and sweeter since coming out. It means living in your truth
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and wanting to declare what that is and shout it from every single rooftop that you can Pride means to me everything but love is love is love is love is love I love you Pride month is so important to say out loud that pride matters that visibility
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matters. When I moved to New York, it was in the midst of the late 80s, early 90s, and ACT UP
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was the important action of the moment. It is important for visibility to show our friends
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to show our families, for allies to step up and say, you matter, we love you, your life, your rights are my rights
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and I will fight for them. Oh my gosh, community, love. It's such a huge part of our lives, obviously
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but what's really exciting is to pass that down to my son, who's 11 years old, and it's so important to teach him
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about this community of acceptance and love and all that. I love
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Yeah, I mean, it's the most important thing to me. You know, we should all have pride in who we are, no matter whether you're gay or not
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But gay pride means a lot. It's very important that we celebrate it and are out and proud about who we are
