He was so close to saving Garry πBtw happy pride you all!! π Whether you celebrate or not. Whether you're part of the community or an ally. I hope you have a very nice summery June!A not so very nice thing actually happened to me concerning pride month a few days ago. Okay, it didn't really happen to me but it occured and now I have difficulties trying to deal with it. I've met my fair share of homophobes in my life and usually I just roll my eyes or try to educate but when it's a person close to you it's just not that easy. I don't wanna get too private but I have a very close friend who unfortunately is one of those really anti-queer gays. He gets offended by queer people showing their pride and complains about them "making it their whole personality". At this point I don't really know what to do any more and I feel like it's getting worse. So I wanted to ask if any of you made similiar experiences and if there are any thinking points I could give him to maybe make him understand why people are demonstrating so loudly. And yes - I also know I shouldn't be friends with someone who preaches against everything I'm trying to process with my stories - that you can be yourself and love whoever and however is most comfortable for you - but just as my characters I have flaws too. And one of my arguably biggest flaws is that I have a really hard time letting go of people who I care deeply about. A person that is inherently good when it comes to so many things but internalized queerphobia so deep that he doesn't even see the issue with it... But yeah, thanks for letting me dump this on you. I'd appreciate any advise! Blaze~