{"id":159060,"date":"2020-11-08T02:20:21","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T07:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/pride-over-fear-four-years-later\/"},"modified":"2020-11-08T02:20:21","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T07:20:21","slug":"pride-over-fear-four-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/pride-over-fear-four-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride Over Fear &#8211; Four Years Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Pride Over Fear &#8211; Four Years Later<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/rjrgmc28\/\">rjrgmc28<\/a> posted a photo:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rjrgmc28\/50578230267\/\" title=\"Pride Over Fear - Four Years Later\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50578230267_ce149f72ef_m.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Pride Over Fear - Four Years Later\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>t was almost exactly 3 years and 364 days ago when I infamously posted a photo on Instagram and here (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rjrgmc28\/30239051903\">www.flickr.com\/photos\/rjrgmc28\/30239051903<\/a>) from this exact location and in this outfit saying these words:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump will try and ruin the lives of LGBT Americans, but there is one thing that he can&#8217;t ruin.<\/p>\n<p>LGBTIQ pride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, almost four years to the day where the lives of American LGBT folk, including numerous transgender sisters, brothers and everywhere in between were shaken up and turned upside down, the toxic tyrant has been shown the door and given their marching orders to go. <\/p>\n<p>For far too long, the community had it rough.<\/p>\n<p>For far too long, they\u2019ve been treated like crap.<\/p>\n<p>For far too long, many people have been injured, incapacitated or even killed for being who they are.<\/p>\n<p>Some have been chased off social media and into hiding by supporters and troll armies.<\/p>\n<p>Others have paid the price in the form of increased discrimination, hate and bigotry.<\/p>\n<p>Today, despite being one day shy on when this chaotic mess all started, is a day where a huge weight has been lifted off the shoulders of the community.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s going to take a while for things to return to normal, but as the saying goes:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom little things, big things grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rjrgmc28\/50578230267\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50578230267_ce149f72ef.jpg\" alt=\"Pride Over Fear - Four Years Later\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pride Over Fear &#8211; Four Years Later rjrgmc28 posted a photo: t was almost exactly 3 years and 364 days ago when I infamously posted a photo on Instagram and here (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rjrgmc28\/30239051903\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.flickr.com\/photos\/rjrgmc28\/30239051903<\/a>) from this exact location and in this outfit saying these words: \u201cTrump will try and ruin the lives of LGBT Americans, but there &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/pride-over-fear-four-years-later\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pride Over Fear &#8211; Four Years Later<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pride Over Fear - Four Years Later - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/pride-over-fear-four-years-later\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pride Over Fear - Four Years Later - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pride Over Fear &#8211; 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