Ben Benton may be hard of hearing but it’s easy to see he’s feeling the pride that comes with living as his authentic self unapologetically.
INDIANAPOLIS — Pride month kicks off across the country beginning June 1 and one gay man is persuading communities to come together and learn about each other.
“It was not easy to do that at first but luckily, I have some friends that I already knew. They lived here when I first moved so it was a little bit easier for me to acclimate the environment,” Benton said. “Not only in Indianapolis but really all over the U.S., we’re having a tough time with gay and deaf pride, and the dead community and the gay community being so separate,” Benton said. “I think right now, it’s going to be a long process for those two groups to interweave with each other because it’s going to be one step at a time, almost baby steps.”Deaf Pride is a night where members of the LGBTQ+ deaf community come together to be their authentic selves.
Globo Language Services, an organization Rhyno works with, will provide American Sign Language interpreters at the event.
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