In society, it seems as if the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) has been an outcast. Up until 1986, homosexuality was considered to be a psychological disorder, even had a diagnosis in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM). The irony of homosexuality being a psychotic disorder is that a great psychologist, Sigmund Freud, stated in 1935 that he did not think homosexuality was something someone should be persecuted on. Matter of fact, his theory was that everyone has bisexual tendencies, whether you choose to be homo or hetero sexual is depending upon one's upbringing and the parenting style. In cities all over the world, the LGBT community holds a gay parade, which can also be known as gay pride. It's a stance the LGBT community takes against discrimination and violence and use it to promote self-awareness, self-affirmation, equal rights, dignity and increase their visibility as a social group. Majority of the pride events are held during pride month, which is typically in June.
The annual gay pride has been a tradition for the past 42 years. In June, 1970, the first gay pride parade was held in Manhattan, New York in honor of the Stonewall Inn, a historic gay bar in New York. Some people from the LBGT community would refer to the month of June and the gay pride festivities as another Christmas or Fourth of July to them, it a celebration for them.
"Homosexuality is assuredly no advantage, but it is nothing to be ashamed of, no vice, no degradation, it cannot be classified as an illness; we consider it to be a variation of the sexual function produced by a certain arrest of sexual development. Many highly respectable individuals of ancient and modern times have been homosexuals, several of the greatest men among them. It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime, and cruelty too...."
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