"Gay Pride".

Okay, don't shoot me. However, am I the only one who doesn't like that phrase? It's not that I'm a homophobe, it just seems illogical to be proud of who you're attracted to, period. A point that is reiterated over and over in the GLBT rights crowd is that you can't control your orientation (I agree with them, by the way). So why would you be proud of it?

I, for example, am bisexual, Eurasian, and American. I'm not proud to be any of these. I'm proud of my A+ average, and of being called a good writer by one of my teachers. The latter items are accomplishments, the former ones are just luck and genetics. If you have no control over something, there's no point in being either proud or ashamed of it. It's neither a personal accomplishment nor a personal failing. It's just how things are.