Pride Parades for countries like Uganda
So several people have asked me why we still have pride marches or parades, why do we still fight for it? In all honesty, I always reply "The fight isn't over, we are but in the midst of it all". Out of the 195 countries in the world, about 28 of the countries accept gay-marriages. That's 14,3% of governments globally. The rest of the 167 countries consider being part of the community a crime. In most of these countries it is a crime punishable by death. So, ask me that question again? Statistics show that our fellow siblings are being sent to their death of being authentic and that breaks my heart. Imagine that, imagine it being a crime to be happy and in love. Imagine it is a crime to be fearlessly authentic. Imagine that, I don't know about you but that doesn't sound like how life should like be at all. "Be yourself", "Love thy neighbor as thyself", "Love is a beautiful thing, embrace it" and many more are phr...