"For a long time I was afraid of being who I am because my parents convinced me that there was something wrong with someone like that. Something offensive, something to avoid, perhaps even to pity, something not to be loved. My mother is a fan of St. Thomas Aquinas. She considers pride a bad vice and of all the vices a human being can have, for St. Thomas pride was the king of the seven deadly sins. She considered it the supreme vice that in the blink of a wing could transform anyone into a sinner. But hate isn't on that list, and neither is shame. I was scared of this parade because I really wanted to be a part of it. So today I will march for that part of me that was too afraid to march and for those who can't, for the people who live as I have lived. Today I will march to remember that I am not just an "I", but that I am also an "us". And we march with pride! Go fuck St. Thomas! (Sense8)"
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