Indeed, in 2018, The Guardian published an article highlighting the importance of queer folks seeing themselves on-screen in stories that depict joy and positivity. More importantly, however, Pride Month is a time of celebrating our worth, our voices, and, above all, our joy.įor movie-lovers, what better way to celebrate Pride Month than binge-watch stories that positively represent people? This isn't to diminish the ongoing struggles that the LGBTQ+ community continues to face all around the world, but it's just as important to see queer characters in film reach a happy ending. Their trials were marked by lynch mobs and all-white juries, and they have since been pardoned. When that word was spoken in my presence as an openly gay student in the high school locker room, my water polo teammates would pause, realize what they said, and slowly look at me to see if I was. the Scottsboro Boys 1 The Scottsboro Boys were a group of nine black teenagers who in 1931 faced false accusations of raping two white women on an Alabama train. Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience.
June is finally here, which means it's time to celebrate the beautiful existence of LGBTQ+ people! We should, of course, celebrate queer pride all year long, but Pride Month gives us a special opportunity to highlight our struggles, bring attention to issues that need to be discussed, and honor our history. He becomes a slave in the fullest sense of the term. About-a-boy will no longer be publishing in nostrings, please email him for any info on if/where he's posting new stories.