Yes, 16 people is not relevant enough for anything.

You sound awesome.

These guys/gals ( or whatever) have their pride party. What do you think they are celebrating? The right to fuck each other in the ass? Of course not. They are celebrating the right to live while not being persecuted, beaten up or burned. They are finally celebrating freedom after centuries of persecution. It is not awesome to be LGBT. It is however awesome to not being afraid of getting beaten up in a dark alley at night.

That is impressive. For the sake of curiosity, do you have any photos or diagrams you could share?