JILLIAN MICHAELS: Why I, a gay woman, can't celebrate Pride Month now that it's been hijacked by leather daddies, drag shows and corporate stunts

Daily Mail ^

[algore]

I've never been 'proud' to be gay.

Despite being openly gay, happily married, a parent, a public figure. The truth is, I'm proud of my accomplishments. The things I fought for. My career. My family. My grit. Not the things I am by default.

Being gay isn't a merit badge — it's a fact of my existence. And that's why I've always had a complicated relationship with Pride Month.

When I was a teenager in the '90s, being gay meant living with shame, not pride. It meant keeping your truth under wraps to avoid being bullied, rejected, or worse. Back then, gay rights weren't just limited, they were almost nonexistent.

We couldn't marry. We couldn't adopt. Most of the country still associated us with AIDS. You were a punchline at best, a pervert at worst.

Being gay wasn't cool — it was dangerous.

So yes, I understand how Pride started. I understand why it mattered. The original Pride wasn't a party, it was a protest. It grew out of the Stonewall Uprising in 1969, when brave gay men and women finally said, 'Enough.'

They fought back against brutality, against invisibility, against erasure. Pride parades became a vehicle for visibility, a way to commemorate those lost to hatred, disease, and silence. It was defiance in the face of rejection. It was necessary.

But that was then. This is now.

Today, gay people can marry. Adopt. Run for office. We have legal protections and public support that would have been unthinkable when I came out. Many LGBTQ individuals are not just tolerated, they are embraced, celebrated, and platformed. In some circles, they are practically untouchable.

And still, Pride Month has ballooned into a 30-day spectacle that now feels less about unity and more about domination — cultural, corporate, and political.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Pride Month

What’s there to be Proud about?

[Red Badger]

Who?....................

[Yossarian]

We couldn't marry. We couldn't adopt.

Yes, and you still shouldn't.

Gay "pride" parades have been the same disgusting events for the past 35 years.

Jillian Michaels is now continuously sending out press releases that she's not responsible for the mess she's been involved with for so many years. It isn't fooling anyone who's been paying attention.

[Hyman Roth]

Who?

[Red Badger]

Never heard of this person...............

[kosciusko51]

Once a society starts normalizing deviant behavior, where does it stop?

[PGR88]

We are proud we have made our bizarre sexual urges the center of our human identity!

[Uncle Miltie]

So proud of whom they **** and where that they post a flag on their house.

Think about that.

[Billthedrill]

I think most of us would agree that public sodomy on top of a parade float isn’t a good look.

[Tell It Right]

She's basically saying that the gay pride movement has shot its wad (pun intended) and it's time to reign that back in.

Let's put this into perspective. We honor our fallen soldiers for one day: Memorial Day. Meanwhile, Pride gets a month — filled with parades, corporate takeovers, and media coverage wall-to-wall.

This year half the country raged that celebrating our army's 250 birthday and honoring wounded warriors and gold star families was authoritarian. But nobody batted an eye at rainbow flags flying from government buildings for all of June

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Wow, she is really fit.

[algore]

Jillian Michaels (born February 18, 1974) is an American fitness trainer, nutritionist, businesswoman, media personality, and author. She is best known for her appearances on NBC series such as The Biggest Loser. She has also made an appearance on the talk show The Doctors. In 2015, she hosted and co-judged a series on Spike titled Sweat, INC. In 2016, her reality television series Just Jillian premiered on E!.

and it a shame she is lez

[Flaming Conservative]

Well, at least she’s now a MAGA supporter. She’s on Gutfeld now and then.

[blackdog]

I think in asking that question, you are celebrating pride.

[FlingWingFlyer]

How do straight, white guyz go about getting a pride month? Make hunting and fishing licenses free to all males and everyone gets a free case of beer of their choice.

[Puppage]

She’s a fitness guru.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

And why are they alway demanding pride from the public? Parades, ads, posters, bumper stickers, sponsors, banners, TV commercials, books, magazines, endless, endless promotion as if I’m suppose to say “Gee, I’m proud that you’re gay”

[T.B. Yoits]

So... they got what they wanted; the chance to publicly show their "pride" and now she doesn't like what she sees.

She also doesn't like how it all became monetized by the same korporations she pushed to bow to her. She doesn't like it when those korporations treat her as just part of another korporate marketing campaign.

She's a consumer to them, nothing more. She wasn't going to find pride or validation from them and is a damn fool for thinking she would. She thought the korporate monster would force straight people to embrace her, not realizing the same korporate entities she sicced on people, would use her.

[shelterguy]

“””Well, at least she’s now a MAGA supporter. She’s on Gutfeld now and then.”””

Frequently on Hannity.