Pride…

Well, it is the beginning of pride week here in toronto, and the city is buzzing. What I like about this festival is that it gives people of every sexuality a chance to shine.

But the thing is…why shouldn’t we shine, on a regular basis?

Don’t get me wrong, pride week is a fantastic idea- but I truly believe in order for people to see it and understand it, it needs to be something that is continuous, ongoing. Not to say that it needs to be flaunted into people’s faces- but I definitely believe that the more people know, the least likely they are to judge. Judgements are rarely made with rational thought.

Take me, for example.

I have never classified myself as gay, straight, or bisexual. Why? Because I don’t fit into those categories. As I told Kelly the other day- love doesn’t know those terms. Love knows when they’ve found that person that will make them truly happy, make them truly be themselves. It doesn’t know boundaries or limitations. S’why I don’t classify myself as -any- of those. But people always seem to want to classify what I -am-, and that’s an irrational judgement. But if they want to do that, that is fine…I am what I am, and will not make apologies for who or what I love.

Anyways, pride week is an amazing week. It brings this wonderful community together, and shows how diverse Toronto really is, and how much we as a society…has grown.