The gay parade takes place in June in the USA and other parts of the World. This celebration includes colorful, uplifting parades with balloons and cheers following various festivals, seminars, and parties. Pride month honors one of the first initiatives calling for the LGBTQ community's acceptance and equal rights. The movement has developed since June 1969, and June is now a month dedicated to advocacy, acknowledgement, appreciation, and celebration of members of this community.

Why Is It Happy Pride Month and Not Pride Day?  

The LGBTQ community has faced several challenges in the past, and they continue to meet them to date. For example, in several countries across the World, homosexuality is prohibited. Even in countries where being LGBTQ is allowed, societal stigma still exists, and these people experience discrimination, hatred, and even violence. 

They may be regularly subjected to a range of rights violations, defamation, and discrimination. They are usually terrified of being exposed to others since it might lead to social isolation, job loss, or expulsion from education. To address their constant suffering and bring gender equality, the LGBTQ community celebrates pride movements and pride month parades for the entire of June. 

Acceptance Should Start from the Parents and Then Society 

"No matter gay, straight, or bi, lesbian, transgender life

I'm on the right track, baby, I was born to survive

No matter Black, white or beige, chola, or Orient' made

I'm on the right track, baby, I was born to be brave."

Yes! Lady Gaga is stressing the rights of the LGBTQ communities, and we should also accept them as they are. They also have the right to live and lead a happy sexual life where no one will judge them for their uniqueness. 

Allowing their children to explore their gender preferences is something that every parent should cultivate. Responsible parents may be interested in learning more about and resolving this issue. 

Parents should educate themselves using the different online and offline resources available today and speak with other families who have children undergoing mental and physical changes due to being gender non-conforming. 

They should also seek expert assistance from a transgender health-trained practitioner. The more parents are emphatic to their children; they will find it easier to express themselves and can lead their lives meaningfully. However, these individuals' stigma and emotional pain will never end without full acceptance. 

Also Read: Transgender Day Of Remembrance

How Is Sex Change Done? 

Hundreds of thousands of people are every year opting for sex reassignment surgery. The market is forecasted to boost growth at 14.4% from 2022 to 2027. However, physically changing one's sex is a complicated procedure that not everyone can bear. Hormone therapy may be the last resort for certain people, and others will require major systems to make the transition. 

The procedure is as follows:

• Step 1: Consultation

You should first see a gender expert, such as a psychologist or other gender health professional. If your therapist concludes that you have gender dysphoria or gender identity disorder, you must give consent to hormone treatment and, perhaps, surgery. You must ensure that you can cope with a range of obstacles throughout the procedure.

• Step 2: Hormone Therapy

The next phase is hormone therapy, which involves changes in body hair, muscle bulk, and breast enlargement. Women are transitioning from female to male and take androgens, or male hormones, and they appear to be more macho due to these hormones. Deepening your voice, strengthening your muscles, and promoting the growth of facial and body hair are all benefits of this therapy. 

On the other hand, female hormones can reduce muscle mass and strength, redistribute body fat, increase breast tissue, limit the growth of body and facial hair, and lower testosterone levels in men. However, it would help if you had regular and frequent examinations, especially in the early months of therapy, to verify that you're reacting appropriately to their hormone regimen.

• Step 3: Surgery

Experts say the intending individual must undergo 12 months of hormone therapy before appearing for genital reassignment surgery. The surgery involves risks like tissue death of the skin, blockage of the urethra leading to kidney damage in transformed women and fistulas in the transformed men. The undergoing individual needs to understand that there may be additional surgeries in the long run to aid the previous ones. 

• Step 4: Post Surgery Rehabilitation

Many transformed people expressed their regret about having surgery as 10-15% of them don't have any success. But this does not imply that they don't need any further assistance after the surgery. On the contrary, they need post-surgery counseling and follow-up medical checkups intensively. 

Benefits of Celebrating LGBTQ Month 

The community is still fighting for equal rights. However, the pride movement has picked up upstream and has become an essential part of their lives. Their pride, involvement and celebration boost their self-esteem, social life, resilience, and overall mental health.

Here are the mental health benefits associated with the pride month:

• In the movement, people of diverse identities may feel at ease. Normalizing multiple sexual orientations and gender identities may help people feel more comfortable and confident in their skin.
• During pride month, people use their costumes and accessories to express themselves in several ways. To honor the gay celebration month, many LGBT and straight artists make paintings, sculptures, and music. People have devised ingenious ways to get around structural impediments to expression inside and outside the community.
• This can assist individuals in recognizing and validating their sense of self.

Conclusion

Many scientists like Andrea Ganna, the lead author and European Molecular Biology Laboratory group leader, informed us that homosexual behaviour is "a natural part of our diversity as a species." So, there is no wrong in expressing yourself as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer. Mother Monster Lady Gaga is not wrong while advising, "Don't hide in regret, love yourself, and you're set. I'm on the right track, baby, I was born this way (Born this way)." Every individual needs to come forward and celebrate pride month to respect the third gender community and strive to equalize their position in society. 

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