Is PRIDE more than just a month?
Unless you've been living under a rock you know that pride month is celebrated the entire month of June but then some cities and countries will extend it before and/or after the month. The pride of individuals doesn't begin and finish when the month of June falls upon us. But it is the time when many members of the LGBTQIA+ community feel most comfortable expressing their identities. I could have you sit here and have you read all about the history of pride month but that's not what this blog is about. Don't get me wrong, as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, I am a big advocate; however, my overall focus of the blog is to share my struggles and triumphs as an educator who also happens to be gay. It's been over seven months since my last post and it's mainly because I felt that I needed to find my footings again. I was being questioned of the sincerity and truthfulness of what I was saying which got brought to the attention of all sorts of higher-ups at th...