I moved from the country to a suburb near SanFran as a kid just getting into highschool.     My birthday is in June, and there's a specific segment of my friend group who outright ignores my birthday in favor of the pride parades.     I have a very special distaste for pride due to that.       What I learned: you don't have to put up with shit, if the people that claim to support you, don't actually...     Those people don't care about you like they should, and you don't have to be in their realm more than you have to.