There are many battles to be fought and many ways to get there: legal and illegal, fun and not so fun. This one event, the Pride parade is important, historically, and relevant presently because there are still so many people out there who hate to see us walk with our communities and look happy doing so. I understand the critique and the fact that much of pride is co-opted by the homonormative elements of our movement, I get it, believe you me but the youth and for those who still want to go, they should be able to and, if you don’t want to go, understand that not everyone’s on the same page and, to reiterate, there are many ways to be out and queer and political.