07/06/2026
Ever called your friend CHAKKA as an insult??
You know what? Most of us have done it. Thrown that word around like it meant nothing. Like it was just a joke.
But it was not nothing, was it?
We carried what society has shaped us to be. It didn't feel like poison. It felt normal. It felt like humor. It felt like just how things are. Then, there comes a day when you actually think and you go: wait, Why did I say that? Why did that feel okay? Who taught me this, and why did I believe them without a second thought? and it's that time we deny carrying it any further. After this certain age, conscientious takes over us and gives us the chance to sit down with ourselves and rethink all the perceptions we were poured when we were young. We realise how unfunny, how dumb it was.
That discomfort you're feeling? That guilt? That's not a bad thing. That's your conscience doing its job. That's you becoming more human, not less.
A gay man exists. A trans woman exists. A q***r person exists. Not as a punchline. Not as an insult you throw at your friend when he's being "too soft." They exist as people. Full, real, breathing people with families, fears, dreams, bad days and good ones.
And the only reason we ever used their identity as a slur is because somewhere along the way, we decided difference was a threat. That anything outside the MALE, FEMALE system was... wrong. Weird. Less.
But who decided that? And more importantly, why did we just agree?
Nobody expects you to unlearn decades of conditioning overnight. But the moment you catch yourself, the moment you pause before the word leaves your mouth? that pause is everything. That pause is growth. That pause is you choosing to be better.
They're not asking for your approval to exist. They never needed it. They just deserve the same basic dignity you'd want for yourself.
So yeah, Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈 Wishing you a month full of joy, and celebrating exactly who you are.
िनी