It's an interesting question, and it's reasonable to have some debate about the role of government in this context. For me, it's about equality and recognising the past. The LGBTQ community aren't a movement, a charity, or a cause, we're people who have only recently been able to make some progress to have equal rights and protections. By government recognising and supporting LGBTQ people (through an occasion such as Pride Month), it's an opportunity to demonstrate that equality is important, but also to demonstrate to the rest of the world that supporting equality for LGBTQ people is the right thing to do.