i agree that straight and non-straight (gay, lesbian, bi, trans, etc) people are equal. but the reason that there is a month of pride is because we're still not TREATED equal. this study (https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2022/07/11/violentvictimization/) from 2022 says: "Lesbian and gay people experienced 44 victimizations per 1,000 people, which was more than twice the victimization rate of straight people (19 per 1,000 people). Bisexual people experienced victimization at almost seven times the rate of straight people and almost three times the rate of lesbian and gay people."
there are legislations either being passed or being proposed to try and erase trans identities. banning crossdressing will, in the end, ban trans people from being anywhere that isn't explisitly adult. crossdressing is only defined in these bills as “a dress not belonging to his or her sex” or “wearing the apparel of the other sex." (https://jacobin.com/2023/03/cross-dressing-law-united-states-history-drag-bans) this is so loosely defined that any "man wearing a dress" no mater how they identify will be seen as crossdressing. some people could also argue that this includes "woman in pants" as crossdressing. by removing us from spaces without kids, you're removing us from life - because there's kids at the grocery store, at many of our work places, and just on the streets to GET to the "adult places" like bars.
LGBT+ people are still in danger, and treating us like we're not only helps the people that are murdering us. Pride started as a riot - it isn't just gay people going "hey look at us~ we're special~" its reminding people that we are here, and we will not be quiet and die peacefully in the night. We will not be victims quietly, and we will remind you that we are here, we are queer, and you better get used to it.
