Pride Month Song of the Day - Proud - Heather Small

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Happy Pride Month!  Today is the first day in a month that celebrates people everywhere, living their lives who they were meant to be, and regardless of what anyone else thinks.  The event has become so mainstreamed these past couple of years because more and more people in this world don't really give a damn whether another person is gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or whatever, and that's an awesome thing.  Yet the struggle is not over!  Still, there are those out there who feel we are an "abomination," and have no right to even exist.  For that, we still need this month.

I first came out to my mother when I was around 20 years old, and I was lucky.  During that first conversation, she reassured me that although she knew very little about things gay, she loved me above all else and she's never shown me otherwise.  Others are not so lucky.  Many children are ostracized by their own parents, kicked to the curb for being who they are, leaving them with no place to turn.  LGBTQ youth have the highest rates of suicide of any other group.  For this, we still need this month.

Public leaders still work to prevent LGBT people from being viewed as full citizens, looking to turn the clock backward to strip away all sorts of rights that everyone is given.  Gay parents are being prevented from adopting children in all but thirteen states.  Transgender people have been banned from military service.  Even bakers who refuse to bake a cake for a gay wedding are backed by the law.  All of these things need to change, and this is why we still need this month.

Today's song is the perfect opener for Pride Month.  It's all about owning who you are and being proud of it.  No one has the right to judge who you are, except maybe whatever higher power you believe in.  So please click play below and check out an awesome tune, both musically and lyrically.  And stay tuned for more songs throughout the month celebrating LGBT pride, as well as more dance rap tunes and whatever else I find worthy enough to share.  In the meantime, here's Proud...