By Enzo Rodriguez, Marketing Chair, YHPAA
Pride to me is the opportunity to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and diversity, it’s about following through with reinforcing equal rights for all people, and ensuring that we commemorate years of struggles by countless people to get where we are and a reminder that we still have a ways to go.
Growing up I was fortunate enough to live in a loving home, where my mother would remind myself and my brothers every morning that “We can love anyone we want, and be anything that we want” as long as we live our true lives. I remind myself of this saying daily, and during pride month I’m able to live it and pass on that advice to empower those whose voices aren’t heard, and ensure that people of all genders and orientations feel that they can celebrate who they are without fear.
YHPAA celebrating pride allows me to show my colors and spread the word of love to everyone around me. I’m grateful to be part of an organization that allows me to live my authentic self and celebrates me for being me! This month long celebration allows me to celebrate my community and my allies who allow me to be my true self.
This Pride I want to recognize my chosen family! My best friends, my confidants, my true family!! This pride I celebrate them and all of their love!
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