Proving Yourself Wrong

A couple of months back, my boyfriend Jade said he will be attending the Task Force Pride meeting for the 2012 Pride March. I was reluctant then, given the experience I had with last year's march. Skeptical even. I said it was a total waste of time.

I kinda felt he was miffed by what I said so I stayed quiet. Then in an oh-what-the-hell moment, I said okay, I will go too.

It didn't occur to me that I will be thrown into something far bigger than what I imagined.

I used to complain and criticize about how things were done. After that meeting, I had the realization that if you want something done, do it yourself. So here I am, heading the Program Committee of the 2012 Metro Manila Pride March and working doubly hard to make it the biggest, the grandest yet in all Pride Marches past.

There is a call I want to make to all my lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered friends out there. Do something. I know it's easier to be your own kind of hedonist: working your ass off, then party, then hook some random person up. But it's time to go out there and prove to yourself (yes, yourself) that you are more than just that. That you can be and do so much more. That you are not defined by your labels but by what you can do to make this society better for each one of us, no matter what your sexual orientation may be. And it's time to tell everyone where your PRIDE is.

To you who are reading this entry, join me. Whether you're straight, gay, lesbian, hipster, dinosaur. It doesn't matter. If you believe in equality, in a better society, in doing so much more than what you do right now, go to the Metro Manila Pride March Facebook page and show us your support.

Prove yourself wrong, like what I did myself.