@BuddhaComing from a actual queer person on the whole gay pride parade things. (And, somewhat on the whole LGBTQ+ spaces in general since they are related)
It's far less about all those things and more about breaking out of the society that assumes we're heterosexual until told otherwise and giving us a space to be open and free with who we are. A celebration of all things LGBTQ+. A celebration of who we are in a world that would love nothing more than to stomp us into the ground.
It's the same reason there's gay spaces created specifically for queer people. Because every other day of the year. Every other public venue is generally catered to heterosexual people.
And since we've been told repeatedly we're not welcome in those spaces...we made our own.
It's similar to why there's a Black History Month and not a White History Month.
Because every other month in the year is White History Month.
So until these issues are fixed, we'll take our days to be out and proud and surrounded by a community of
us. It's a wonderful feeling.