Pride in London today!
In light of recent moves, particularly coming from the USA, Pride events worldwide have returned to being more protest than celebration. As we've seen, nothing is set in stone and what was once a non-issue can become a major one.
Take for instance in Bulgaria, a country in the EU, where in the past year parliamentarians voted overwhelmingly to ban "LGBT propaganda" in schools. Now had you asked your average Bulgarian even a few years ago what they thought about LGBT+ issues and most really wouldn't care that much as they had far greater things to worry about. However, by demonising LGBT+ people, there are two things that can come out of it: people who once didn't care are now openly anti... but, as we saw last week in Budapest, people who didn't care that much before can also become actively pro and in large numbers. So for those who like to stoke the flames of homophobia, careful for what you sow as it can, and will, come back to bite you. Making a mountain out of a molehill can result in a mountain opposite in composure to the one you wanted 😏
Still sticking with Bulgaria, Germany's Deutsche Welle last year interviewed Bulgaria's biggest singing star Azis, who's Roma and openly gay, where he so eloquently described his experience and circumstances. The original longer piece that appeared in the Bulgarian service also had Azis say about the anti-LGBT propaganda law that "it was all straight when I was at school and my parents are both straight, and yet I still turned out gay, so if anyone thinks that this law will stop children being gay is a fool"
Happy Pride!
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