Pride

David Robertson | Comment

Date posted: 1 Aug 2019

The Stonewall, a bar in part of the building in New York where the Stonewall Inn was located. The building and the surrounding streets have been dec

This year is the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York – an event which was the catalyst for the modern LGBT movement.

‘Pride’ marches, days, weeks and months have become ubiquitous throughout the Western world – especially in the English-speaking countries. The politicians and the corporations are falling over themselves in the rush to identify with ‘Pride’.

Educators want to ensure that children are ‘Proud’. You are automatically suspect as a politician if you do not tweet your enthusiastic approval for any and all things Pride. Corporations are equally concerned to let people know they are ‘on side’ – whether it’s supermarkets having special LGBT sandwiches, or bank cash machines being coloured rainbow, or drinks companies providing beverages coloured according to one’s perceived sexuality – no one wants to miss the party. The Pride march in London even had a Red Arrows flypast. It seems as though LGBT ‘rights’ have now become the sacrament of our society.