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✨#MeetHimMondays : An Open Letter to ‘Pride’!

I wanted to write something “deep;” but instead, I’ll write something prophetic:

It’s Pride Month, & as I think about what I want for our community—specifically my Black, male, queer—even MORE specific—Black, gay community, I want us to stop hurting one another! My prayer is that boys nor men have to grow up or live in fear of their lives being restricted or taken, simply because of their decisions to like or love! 

My prayer is that the small boys who grow to be men get to be just that—boys who grow up—boys who get to be men—boys who get to say, “I like another boy,” & that they get the safety to actually repeat those words multiple times as men!

I hold your hand & my own when I admit this: There have been times when I have been afraid for my life, simply for who I loved. Times when those who I loved turned away; times when acceptance & rejection overpowered love & sensitivity. 

To the Black boys who won’t read this, but to the Black men who will: I know it seems scary, I know you think you’ll be judged. I know you’ll feel scared to love another man out loud. I know you’ll wonder what they’ll think, but just know you’re doing your BEST to be alive & like, love, experience in your body, & that’s MORE THAN ENOUGH!

HAPPY PRIDE—DO YOUR BEST TO BE PROUD—NO MATTER WHAT!

🏳️‍🌈: YOU DON’T HAVE TO “LIKE” THIS POST; BUT DO ME A FAVOR, CAN YOU PLEASE SHARE THIS—I BELIEVE IT’LL SAVE A LIFE & TURN A HEART!

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#OOTR #Pride #PrideMonth #LGBTQ #DoNoHarm #🏳️‍🌈 #DearBlackBoy #FYP #ExplorePage
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