by Nicole Hsiang
June is the month of Pride in San Francisco, during which queer and LGBT people celebrate and make visible their stories, experiences, and communities. It is a declaration that the queer, LGBT identified community will not be silenced, marginalized, or homogenized. Yet to me, Pride isn’t a holiday for people who are queer, but for all people who are proud to be different. Pride is about erasing societal boundaries, forcing each of us to rethink our concept of what is deemed “normal.” (more…)