I think pride is in what you do, achieve, accomplish, help with, etc. not in what you are born to be, your nature or what circumstances made/make you.
Who you are is who your are and good people will accept you for it. Those who don't accept you for your nature, something you were born with and had no choice in, are not good people and you should leave them be.
That is often true, Smart Guy. BUT many otherwise good people are simply ignorant (lack knowledge) of how natural homosexuality and transexuality are and how much it means to be free to accept and freely express oneself.
It is both legitimate and needed to stand up and refuse to be silent and hidden when such basic needs as self-acceptance and the right to pursue happiness are denied.