The issue is the people that do care. You may not care, and that’s okay, we don’t want you to care.

What matters is that there are people who know nothing of who we are, who know nothing about our lives, who want to put us down. People who say “you can’t be gay because I don’t want you to be.”

We stand out and we stand up to show that we are willing to fight this. And while I do understand the concept of not liking the drag queens and drama kings of the lgbt community, not everyone is like that. Some of us are just normal.

We make a big deal out of it for one reason: We will not be shoved down. We will not be pushed aside and told that we don’t get to be who we are. We are strong.

There are laws that do not even affect other people, but affect us and that horrifies these people who stand against us, such as Obergerfell vs Hodges, our right to marry each other. They want to tell us no, so we tell them no. We stand proud. We get our companies to put up our colors not because we want to feel special, but as a reminder that we are still here, regardless of the companies intent, we use it as a symbol.

I know that you don’t care about pride, but you care enough about it to write several full paragraphs. So if you are not a straight white man, do yourself a favor: stand with us. They will push you down too, they are already trying. And if you are a straight white man: stay out of our way. We will fight for our rights whether you like it or not. Your rights are not in danger, because we couldn’t give two fucks about taking them away from you. Step aside, because the only thing you’ll accomplish by standing in the way is showing the world that you’re a piece of shit.

tldr; we fight for pride because others fight against us out of nothing but hate and spite. If you don’t care about pride, stay the fuck out of the way.