This was the first ever Pride Festival I ever went to, and it was seriously an enlightening expense to have. Seeing all the different kinds of people of all walks of life really made things clear that I couldn’t keep a mindset that I had, otherwise I would just be part of the problem. I grew up in a Christian/Catholic conservative household, and was also actively in the Alt Right rabbit hole on Youtube. I would honestly want nothing to do with my past self if I could help it, but we grow and learn. We can only do so much individually, but with the help of those around us we can continue to better ourselves and help protect the right for our LGBTQIA+ friends and family, especially in the current political climate that the United States, and other areas of the world are in