oddbitch:

some people turn being gay into their entire personality and straight people can never understand it. they don’t understand why it’s so important to us to be proud and why some of us never shut up about how gay we are, how much we love boys, how much we love girls. to them, most everyone else is straight just like them, so they don’t get why anyone gives a fuck. but 2 us it matters, 2 us it’s important, because a lot of the time gay people feel very alone in the world, and that on top of the constant abuse hurled at us by most of the world is absolutely crushing. a lot of straight people say “why would you be proud of a sexuality?” we’re not proud of our own personal sexuality, we’re proud of ourselves for still fucking being alive, for living through their bullshit, for being free and loud and proud and metaphorically (or literally! up to you) spitting at their feet. we’re proud of the lgbt community and we’re proud of everything we’ve achieved and we’re proud of each other for surviving, day after day after day. so yeah, some people like to blast “I’M GAY” out of every pore