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1 - As Pride month draws to a close, I think it's important to recognize why history is so important. No other subject better teaches you human behavior. Cultures around the world treat LGBTQIA people differently. We've always been here, but perceptions about us keep changing.
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7 - The only way we can freely and genuinely live as we are is if we make it clear nobody has any authority to suppress what makes us human. The people who tolerate, accept, and respect us are our friends. The people who don't, well, how much those opinions matter is up to you. But they don't to me.
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6 - So even after pride month closes please keep this history in mind. Peace needs active participants. We must be unyielding in choosing love over repression, tolerance over hate, truth over lies, and respect over animosity. Lest we fall victims to the grip of hatred, we must persevere.
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5 - But around the world you find friends: people who are tolerant and respectful. People who reject the hatred. The opinions of people who hate have zero value as they care naught for the sanctity of human life nor the value of genuine human love. History will never hold their hate in high regard.
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4 - In all these instances people who chose hatred thought they were doing the right thing. But this research has shown me after thousands of years, people around the world still have no idea how to treat people with different sexual preferences. Respect over such maters can never be guaranteed.
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3 - I've also covered South Korea's first trans person being forcibly discharged and committing suicide. I've covered African nations regressing back to the death penalty for LGBTQ people. And I've also covered the Westboro Baptist church picketing Mister Roger's funeral.
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2 - I've covered the Sacred Band of Thebes honored by Alexander the Great's father. I've covered ancient Egyptian manicurists buried in the same tomb. And I've covered Mister Roger accepting François Clemmons for decades on his show. And how two-spirits were honored in many Native American tribes.
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