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“How are we doing today, sweetie?” the nurse asked John, a patient in an assisted living residence. He was offended when the staff spoke to him in this way because it made him feel like a child.

The advent of Pride Month, albeit in recent years a slightly more muted affair than in the past, is an annual reminder of one of the central aspects of our modern culture.