My Turn: Celebrating Pride Month: Honoring the fight for LGBTQ+ rights

“June is bustin’ out all over,” says a memorable song composed in the 1940s for the musical “Carousel,” but more recently, June has become  known as “Pride Month.” For those of you who are wondering why, here is my explanation.  “Pride,” in this case, is an abbreviation of “gay pride” or perhaps “lesbian and gay pride,” or “LGBTQ+ pride.”…