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It denies them the very agency that the gay rights movement was founded to fight for. Thus, the liberal pride movement strips gays of individuality. If you simply spent 10 minutes walking around any major city’s pride events in the last few years, you likely saw anti-gun signs, heard anti-Trump chants, or otherwise encountered unrelated liberal activism interwoven through the events’ very fabric. In Charlotte, North Carolina, a pro-Trump gay group was banned from pride events because members were deemed by organizers to have the wrong “values.” A Washington, D.C., “Dyke March” event banned some lesbians from marching with a Jewish-themed pride flag because organizers said they thought it represented “violence against Palestinians.” ( Antisemitic, much?) This year, the group that runs New York City’s Pride Month events banned gay, lesbian, and transgender police officers from participating in uniform because their occupation runs afoul of the far-left’s hate for law enforcement. Now, woke activists have taken over the pride movement - and made progressivism a litmus test for participation. Just a few decades ago, gay rights activists were the ones silenced and banned from marches and events.
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First, the liberal perspective on Pride Month has become startlingly intolerant in its own right.