This is My Hive Comic for week 16 and its also a PRIDE one.

@justinparke/hivecomic-contest-16-terminal-city-1-000-bilpcoin

What is PRIDE in Amsterdam?

Its the big love festival called Pride in Amsterdam. For all but especially the LBGTQ community. Its a wellknown and very center festival. Pride Amsterdam is a festival to celebrate that you can be who you are and love who you want. Very important! What could be better than that? A term associated with Pride is LGBTQ. And nowadays even: LGBTTTQQIAA. But what do these letters actually represent?

What does LGBTQ stand for?

I will explain what the letters stand for:

• L stands for lesbian, a lesbian (gay) woman.

• G stands for gay, a gay man.

• B stands for bisexual, a bisexual person who likes men and women.

• T stands for transgender, a transgender person (these people do not feel (completely) at home in their body with associated sex characteristics. It can feel as if they were born in the 'wrong' body. Sometimes people choose to have a sex change.

• Q stands for queer or questioning. People who prefer not to put their sexual preference in a box. Be a free spirit.
  Some times it’s even added with IAP its tongue breakdancing to speak but its a possible new title. And this expansion could be seen as a kind of revolution. The extra letters were because many people always fell under one of two groups: straight or gay. Now we see, and there is a lot of evidence, that there is a lot between man and woman. Just like gay and straight.

• I stands for intersex: people with both male and female body characteristics.

• A stands for asexual, people who do not feel sexual attraction and sexual desire.

• P stands for pansexual, people who do not fall on gender, but on character or personality.

You can also be different combinations all is ok and nothing is weird here in the Netherlands and in so many places over the world where pride is normal. Still there a so many places and countries where this is not normal and will also be seen as more than weird.

Thank god Here nowadays there actually all kinds of combinations are possible, with the most extensive: LGBTTTQQIAA. What this stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual (people who do not feel at home in their own body), two-spirited, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, ally (straight people who express their support). Here this week at Pride Amsterdam you can find all the different people just as shown in the comic 16 by Hive account@justinparke.

I, as a Dutchie love this party, all people are cheerful and accepting. This year the rules are different and most of the festivities are cancelled or at 1,5 distance with , mouth piece but there is so much to find online, just look at Pride Amsterdam. Enjoy whoever and whatever you are !