Straight Pride Parade in Boston causing a stir

[Tony Montana]

A lively discussion has kicked off on Twitter over the merits of straight people having their own Pride events.

A plan by a group in Boston, US, to hold a '"straight pride" march in August has sparked more than 45,000 tweets in the last 24 hours.

The group - Super Happy Fun America - has applied to the city government to hold their march, and approval is currently pending.Three men behind the event include John Hugo, who was the Republican candidate for Massachusetts' 5th Congressional District in the 2018 mid-term election.

On the organiser's website, Hugo is quoted as saying: "Straight people are an oppressed majority. We will fight for the right of straights everywhere to express pride in themselves without fear of judgement and hate."

Another organiser, Mark Sahady, is a member of a group called Resist Marxism which in 2018 held a "free speech" rally that was outnumbered by counter-demonstrators.

In a statement to the BBC, the Mayor of Boston, Marty Walsh said: "Every year Boston hosts our annual Pride Week, where our city comes together to celebrate the diversity, strength and acceptance of our LGBTQ community.

"This is a special week that represents Boston's values of love and inclusion, which are unwavering. I encourage everyone to join us in celebration this Saturday for the Pride Parade and in the fight for progress and equality for all."

Although the straight pride event has not yet been confirmed, it has not stopped many people weighing in to criticise the idea.

"Every day is a straight pride parade," wrote author Craig Rozniecki, arguing that heterosexuals' privileged position over gay people renders the concept of their needing pride events redundant.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-48527248
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/straight-pride-parade-claim-controversy-boston
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/06/05/right-wing-activists-straight-pride-parade-boston/

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[Niamh.]

You would have to wonder what motivates people to copy the Pride March and I just don't think it's really about celebrating sexuality. Straight people are not oppressed for their sexuality, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard

[Vicky.]

Straight pride is quite daft tbh. Mind, Gay Pride has turned into something totally different these days too, genuinely seems to (at least newcastle pride) be about who can gain the most attention by wearing the least clothes, prancing about in bondage gear..or being 'outrageous (read blowjobs in the street and that :umm2: ), and the organisers ripping the eyeballs out of anyone in sight.

A hell of a lot of my mates refuse to have anything to do with the pride parades as they say these days its basically a 'show off your fetish' thing..rather than about acceptance and visibility like it used to be. Apparently you get charged for entry now too..

Mind, I guess having sex in the street IS a way to increase visibility..just in a bad way :laugh:

Straight pride is obviously unneeded, however with how gay pride seems to be right now, I would say thats pretty unneeded too. Hopefully its just the newcastle one thats that way, but I doubt it.

[sleleen]

They call us offended yet come out with stuff like this

[Smithy]

God who’s even proud of being straight

[Vicky.]

Why is there straight pride!111!!! How unfair that straight people are not persecuted for their sexuality. Its just discrimination that they do not suffer so do not need such a day. I wish people attacked straight couples for holding hands so they could get more attention too. Waaahhhhh

[arista]

Perfect for USA Rights

[Crimson Dynamo]

About time our voice is heard

:clap1:

[Beso]

Got nothing to do with the LGBT crowd so they can but out.

[Twosugars]

Jealous of our pride.
Sad, as trump would say

[Livia]

It's the most ridiculous, pointless thing I've read about for a while.

[Alf]

Do we have a flag?

[Cherie]

It's the most ridiculous, pointless thing I've read about for a while.

agree, just stupid

[Alf]

agree, just stupidHetrophobe

[Crimson Dynamo]

I demand a Month

[Liam-]

Imagine how dull it would be though, everything beige and sponsored by Stella

[Livia]

Do we have a flag?

Yes Alfie, it's a horses arse on a field of blue.

[Alf]

I demand a MonthA Summer one, so we can wear our vests and speedos

[Cherie]

Hetrophobe

reported

[Livia]

A Summer one, so we can wear our vests and speedos

I want to claw out my mind's eye.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Imagine how dull it would be though, everything beige and sponsored by Stella

We celebrate by wearing brown and clothes that don't go with each other


:flutter:

[Twosugars]

Imagine how dull it would be though, everything beige and sponsored by Stella

Tbf they have doggers, swingers, dominatrixes
A tory shires dogging float could be a laff :hee:

[hijaxers]

drag him Jax

:joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

The whole thing sponsored by Hooters


:flutter:

[Locke.]

Seems like the only way to resolve this issue is to scrap gay pride as a compromise

[bots]

i'm all for it :shrug:

[Livia]

My experience of heterosexual men is that they don't need an excuse to get together and drink beer.

[Marsh.]

Every weekend in any town or city centre is straight pride. Thuggish behaviour.

[Livia]

I've been to a few gay clubs... Heaven... GAY... never seen a fight. Have I just been lucky? Genuine question.

[Smithy]

I've been to a few gay clubs... Heaven... GAY... never seen a fight. Have I just been lucky? Genuine question.

No, the most you’ll get it’s two bottoms arguing about whether Britney or Beyoncé is better

[Smithy]

Got nothing to do with the LGBT crowd so they can but out.

If gay pride didn’t exist, straight people wouldn’t have demanded one :idc:

[Livia]

No, the most you’ll get it’s two bottoms arguing about whether Britney or Beyoncé is better

That's interesting. And yeah, seen a few dramatic disagreements... but never a proper fight.

[Vicky.]

My experience of heterosexual men is that they don't need an excuse to get together and drink beer.
Indeed :laugh:
I've been to a few gay clubs... Heaven... GAY... never seen a fight. Have I just been lucky? Genuine question.

Thats been my experience too. Going out usually I see a fair few fights (or am involved in one :umm2: ) but when we go to the pink triangle instead..there never ever seems to be any trouble. The only time I did see a slight issue was two drag queens scrapping, scratching and slapping and pulling each others wigs...still not sure if that was a 'show' or random :laugh: So yeah, been going to gay bars forever, and never anywhere near as much trouble as in 'other' bars. Don't even seem to get those idiots who treat the bar staff like ****e either..

[Livia]

If gay pride didn’t exist, straight people wouldn’t have demanded one :idc:

I don't want to make a habit of agreeing with you Smithy, but it's not like straight people, in my own experience of Pride, aren't welcome to join in the celebrations.

[Twosugars]

No, the most you’ll get it’s two bottoms arguing about whether Britney or Beyoncé is better

Sis... leave off stereotypes when talking to straights, it's bad enough as it is :shrug:

[Livia]

Thats been my experience too. Going out usually I see a fair few fights (or am involved in one :umm2: ) but when we go to the pink triangle instead..there never ever seems to be any trouble. The only time I did see a slight issue was two drag queens scrapping, scratching and slapping and pulling each others wigs...still not sure if that was a 'show' or random :laugh: So yeah, been going to gay bars forever, and never anywhere near as much trouble as in 'other' bars. Don't even seem to get those idiots who treat the bar staff like ****e either..

Ahhh drag queens. I remember rolling out of Heaven at about 3am, just as a magnificently over the top drag queen was arriving by rickshaw. I remember thinking, I'm unlikely to see anything that spectacular ever again.

[Vicky.]

Ahhh drag queens. I remember rolling out of Heaven at about 3am, just as a magnificently over the top drag queen was arriving by rickshaw. I remember thinking, I'm unlikely to see anything that spectacular ever again.

Some of them really are a work of art I think. The sequin dresses and that, I wish I could pull it off :laugh: They also tend to be able to do makeup much better than me..mind I refuse to spend more than about a minute putting on too much eyeliner and covering spots if I have them and thats my lot

[Twosugars]

Indeed :laugh:


Thats been my experience too. Going out usually I see a fair few fights (or am involved in one :umm2: ) but when we go to the pink triangle instead..there never ever seems to be any trouble. The only time I did see a slight issue was two drag queens scrapping, scratching and slapping and pulling each others wigs...still not sure if that was a 'show' or random :laugh: So yeah, been going to gay bars forever, and never anywhere near as much trouble as in 'other' bars. Don't even seem to get those idiots who treat the bar staff like ****e either..

Fights do happen in gay clubs, but it is rare.
And gays can treat staff like **** too.

[Marsh.]

I've been to a few gay clubs... Heaven... GAY... never seen a fight. Have I just been lucky? Genuine question.

I said STRAIGHT pride. Silly.

[Livia]

Some of them really are a work of art I think. The sequin dresses and that, I wish I could pull it off :laugh: They also tend to be able to do makeup much better than me..mind I refuse to spend more than about a minute putting on too much eyeliner and covering spots if I have them and thats my lot

The one I saw had a kind of Geisha vibe going on. Yeah, like you say, a work of art.

[reece(:]

Aka homophobe rally

[Livia]

I said STRAIGHT pride. Silly.

Well excuse me, Marshy, but did I quote your post, hmmm?

[Vicky.]

Fights do happen in gay clubs, but it is rare.
And gays can treat staff like **** too.

Well of course..just so much rarer than other places. So haven't seen it personally in years and years. Atmosphere is so much different, generally its a positive one where you can tell people have come out to have fun..like, in other places the atmosphere is awful and it always seems everyones on a knife edge ready to snap..too many straight blokes seem to go out specifically TO fight.

[Liam-]

Clubbing isn’t my thing, but gay clubs even less so, I just have this imagine in my head of a bunch of twinks in nothing but hot pants and wings getting wasted and judging everyone that walks in from their corner, I’m probably very wrong, but just can’t see myself fitting in somehow :laugh:

[Marsh.]

Well excuse me, Marshy, but did I quote your post, hmmm?

Well it followed mine about fighting LADY! :hmph:

[Smithy]

Sis... leave off stereotypes when talking to straights, it's bad enough as it is :shrug:
As if they’d even understand what it meant :fan:
I don't want to make a habit of agreeing with you Smithy, but it's not like straight people, in my own experience of Pride, aren't welcome to join in the celebrations.

:hehe: Exactly LGBTQI A

Is for all the hettys that want to come

[Livia]

Well it followed mine about fighting LADY! :hmph:


Not everything's about you, Marshy.

[Marsh.]

Not everything's about you, Marshy.

It is!

#MostLoved #TotallyUnique #Amazing

[Tony Montana]

They want Brad Pitt to be their mascot.


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/boston-heterosexuals-plan-straight-pride-march-with-brad-pitt-as-mascot

[Crimson Dynamo]

They want Brad Pitt to be their mascot.


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/boston-heterosexuals-plan-straight-pride-march-with-brad-pitt-as-mascot

That's a bit gay :fist:

[user104658]

Thats been my experience too. Going out usually I see a fair few fights (or am involved in one :umm2: ) but when we go to the pink triangle instead..there never ever seems to be any trouble. The only time I did see a slight issue was two drag queens scrapping, scratching and slapping and pulling each others wigs...still not sure if that was a 'show' or random :laugh: So yeah, been going to gay bars forever, and never anywhere near as much trouble as in 'other' bars. Don't even seem to get those idiots who treat the bar staff like ****e either..

There was a gay goth couple at my high school who used to knock the **** out of each other at parties for fun. Literally bleeding knuckles and faces and laughing the whole time. But I think that was probably more of a goth thing than a gay thing. And also it was probably foreplay.

[Ant.]

There was a gay goth couple at my high school who used to knock the **** out of each other at parties for fun. Literally bleeding knuckles and faces and laughing the whole time. But I think that was probably more of a goth thing than a gay thing. And also it was probably foreplay.

this is why i want a goth boyfriend

[Vicky.]

this is why i want a goth boyfriend

:laugh:

[Samm]

great! first though we have to ban heterosexual marriage for this to happen! :)

[Tom4784]

It speaks tomes about how fragile a person must be to look at Pride and think 'Why don't I get a festival?!'

I've been with both genders and I know the difference between walking down the street holding hands with a woman and doing the same with a man. I've never feared for my safety because of someone thinking I was straight but I've certainly feared for my safety when I've been out with a man. As it was said in the OP, Pride is meant to be about celebrating sexual identities that has seen people who identify as not being straight being targetted by the law and/or killed by bigots. It's a celebration of how far we've come.

I've never struggled with either my identity of fear of reprisal from an angry bigoted randomer in the street when I've been in a relationship with a woman. Straight people aren't made to feel like they have to hide for fear of being ostracised or targetted and they never will so the idea of a straight pride festival is just a perversion of what Pride is and it's just an excuse for straight people to undermine the struggle of the LGBT by falsely equating their non-existent struggle with their sexuality to that of a people who are still oppressed by others today.

Be an ally, don't envy what you don't have because you're not oppressed.

[armand.kay]

let them have musty parade lol

[Beso]

My experience of heterosexual men is that they don't need an excuse to get together and drink beer.

I would happily take a blow job in public as well...so I need an excuse.

[Oliver_W]

Gay Pride is basically a joke these days, so why not?

[Elliot]

It’ll probably be hella depressing anyway

[Alf]

You all do realise that this is just a troll joke?

Why don't some people have a sense of humour anymore?

[Withano]

Probably full of closet-cases

[Livia]

You all do realise that this is just a troll joke?

Why don't some people have a sense of humour anymore?

Yes... I think most people have responded to this in humour and I think a lot of the responses have been made in humour. Not all of them though.

[Northern Monkey]

Well.....without straights there’d be no gays.Be proud.


Honestly, I know it’s just a joke event but I don’t see why so many people are up in arms about it.
Even if it was real,what’s the harm in letting them do it?
I’m sure gays would be welcome too.

Anyway parades are gay as hell.

[Vicky.]

Hmm I didn't originally respond in humour. And even if this is a 'joke' or whatever, my resonses still stand to the many straights who do actually seem to think there should be straight pride and say so each time gay pride is mentioned. Who think its somehow proof of opression that people laugh at the idea of straight pride and like it to the likes of a 'white lives matter' movement, which would be..well unneeded and rather inflammatory.

I kind of see both sides of this being bi, and I can tell you..its extremely different as dezzy said, walking around holing hands with a girlfriend than it is with a boyfriend. Noone bats an eye when its a bloke. Now, I will admit we only got actual physical abuse once in over a year (a lot of 'lezzer' sneers and that, which I gues count as abuse but didn't escalate so are easily ignored) which is 'good' the over the top sexual comments from blokes was just ****ing gross, the way they seemed to think that just because 2 women were together that meant we were doing it for THEIR enjoyment :rolleyes: and they seemed to think they had even more 'right' than usual to grope and stuff. Once we were actually physically attacked by a group of women, but fairly 'luckily' we could both stand our own pretty well so nothing really came of that. From what friends tell me, and what I read though, men together have a very hard time of it in general if they do anything to show they are actually together, generally if they just walk about its fine as other men assume friends, but holding hands, any affection, anything, and the abuse starts. It seems women DO get the abuse too, but it tends to depend on if they are feminine or butch. Which yet again is ****ing wrong.

Went off on a slight tangent there tbh, but..while it might be trolling, a joke, whatever, its actually a topic that seems to crop up a hell of a lot in seriousness, so yeah. Buzzkill Vicky answering seriously :p

[Niamh.]

Hmm I didn't originally respond in humour. And even if this is a 'joke' or whatever, my resonses still stand to the many straights who do actually seem to think there should be straight pride and say so each time gay pride is mentioned. Who think its somehow proof of opression that people laugh at the idea of straight pride and like it to the likes of a 'white lives matter' movement, which would be..well unneeded and rather inflammatory.

I kind of see both sides of this being bi, and I can tell you..its extremely different as dezzy said, walking around holing hands with a girlfriend than it is with a boyfriend. Noone bats an eye when its a bloke. Now, I will admit we only got actual physical abuse once in over a year (a lot of 'lezzer' sneers and that, which I gues count as abuse but didn't escalate so are easily ignored) which is 'good' the over the top sexual comments from blokes was just ****ing gross, the way they seemed to think that just because 2 women were together that meant we were doing it for THEIR enjoyment :rolleyes: and they seemed to think they had even more 'right' than usual to grope and stuff. Once we were actually physically attacked by a group of women, but fairly 'luckily' we could both stand our own pretty well so nothing really came of that. From what friends tell me, and what I read though, men together have a very hard time of it in general if they do anything to show they are actually together, generally if they just walk about its fine as other men assume friends, but holding hands, any affection, anything, and the abuse starts. It seems women DO get the abuse too, but it tends to depend on if they are feminine or butch. Which yet again is ****ing wrong.

Went off on a slight tangent there tbh, but..while it might be trolling, a joke, whatever, its actually a topic that seems to crop up a hell of a lot in seriousness, so yeah. Buzzkill Vicky answering seriously :p

Probably because you don't "belong" to a man

[Vicky.]

Probably because you don't "belong" to a man

Well yeah that will be it. You know when the creeps are hitting on you, and nothing you say will stop the slobbering, then your male partner comes over and they apologize to HIM. Or how sometimes the only way to get office perv to stop touching you is mention your husband. Ugh, its so medieval really :rolleyes:

[Niamh.]

Well yeah that will be it. You know when the creeps are hitting on you, and nothing you say will stop the slobbering, then your male partner comes over and they apologize to HIM. Or how sometimes the only way to get office perv to stop touching you is mention your husband. Ugh, its so medieval really :rolleyes:

Yep 100% Handmaids Tale indeed

[Smithy]

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We Stan miss Karen

[Tom4784]

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We Stan miss Karen

I don't know who this is but she is a queen.

[Ant.]

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We Stan miss Karen

We put the "A"in LGBTQIA for people like her!

[Tony Montana]

Brad Pitt threatens to sue them over making him their mascot.

https://www.nme.com/news/brad-pitt-threatens-sue-straight-pride-creators-making-mascot-2505522

[Glenn.]

Bankrupt the hetties!

[Ammi]

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We Stan miss Karen

...Karen...:lovedup:...Queen of if you’re gonna have problems with the gays, get over it ...:flutter:...

[Marsh.]

"...who little Bobby down the street is boning but turn a blind eye to your precious Katie, who rawdogs her boyfriend every Thursday..."

:laugh2:

[Ammi]

...not really sure what rawdogs is but please Lord don’t tell me, Marsh..:laugh:..anyways something to look forward to on a Thursday I guess...

[Liam-]

...not really sure what rawdogs is but please Lord don’t tell me, Marsh..:laugh:..anyways something to look forward to on a Thursday I guess...

I think it means that Katie feeds her boyfriend raw hotdogs every Thursday, I could be wrong though :hee:

[Marsh.]

...not really sure what rawdogs is but please Lord don’t tell me, Marsh..:laugh:..anyways something to look forward to on a Thursday I guess...

Oh it just means unprotected sex. A lovely south American turn of phrase I thought. :hehe:

[Tony Montana]

Application for ‘Straight Pride Parade’ approved by City of Boston.

An application for the proposed “Straight Pride Parade” in Boston was approved Wednesday by the city.

With their public event application, organizers got city permission to host a parade on Aug. 31 from noon to 3 p.m. However, they still need approvals from the police department and licensing board to receive a needed parade permit and entertainment license.

Mayor Marty Walsh has previously said the city could not deny the group behind the proposal, Super Happy Fun America, a permit for the event because of disagreements with the event organizers’ values or beliefs.

“Permits to host a public event are granted based on operational feasibility, not based on values or endorsements of belief,” the mayor said in early June.

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/06/26/application-straight-pride-parade-approved-city-of-boston

[Livia]

Oh dear... What a bunch of sad individuals.

[Twosugars]

“Straight people are an oppressed majority,” Hugo wrote in a statement on the group’s website. “We will fight for the right of straights everywhere to express pride in themselves without fear of judgement and hate. The day will come when straights will finally be included as equals among all of the other orientations.”

I mean wtf?
Where straights are oppressed? Gay saunas?

[bots]

i do think their point is stupid, but they should be allowed the democratic right

[Withano]

https://pics.me.me/straight-pride-parade-lets-see-whos-really-under-this-58247309.png

[Beso]

I'm up for as many parades as possible this summer.....BRING IT ON.

[Oliver_W]

https://pics.me.me/straight-pride-parade-lets-see-whos-really-under-this-58247309.png

What the hell does white supremacy have to do with a parade arranged basically as a real life shitpost?

[Twosugars]

The guy who is organising has far right links

[Oliver_W]

The guy who is organising has far right links

Do you have any sources for this? I thought the organisers were a run of them mill Republican and a free speech advocate; neither screams "far right".

[Ant.]

Do you have any sources for this? I thought the organisers were a run of them mill Republican and a free speech advocate; neither screams "far right".

I googled "Straight Pride Organiser" and this came up

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/straight-pride-parade-boston-far-right-mark-sahady-john-hugo-chris-bartley-a8950836.html

[Oliver_W]

I googled "Straight Pride Organiser" and this came up

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/straight-pride-parade-boston-far-right-mark-sahady-john-hugo-chris-bartley-a8950836.html
Thanks:)

Resisting Marxism is pretty reasonable, it's a shame the movement had to be associated with extremists...

[Tom4784]

I actually can't wait to see this flop. It's going to be the most tragic parade ever and the incels and neckbeards organising this will make themselves look stupid in a way that will be documented forever.

[Mokka]

I actually can't wait to see this flop. It's going to be the most tragic parade ever and the incels and neckbeards organising this will make themselves look stupid in a way that will be documented forever.

:fc:

[Braden]

Oh my god, but everyones going to be wearing khaki three-quarters lengths and smelling of Lynx. It's going to be awful! :(

[Oliver_W]

I actually can't wait to see this flop. It's going to be the most tragic parade ever and the incels and neckbeards organising this will make themselves look stupid in a way that will be documented forever.

Oh my god, but everyones going to be wearing khaki three-quarters lengths and smelling of Lynx. It's going to be awful! :(

Exactly!! Why would anyone want it cancelled when it's gonna be a beautiful tragedy <3

[Ammi]

...’’The mayor's office emphasized that event applications are granted "based on operational feasibility" and not "values or endorsements of beliefs."

...is that the mayor’s way of saying...this is farcical but I don’t have any choice because it’s feasible...the bigotry and prejudice the poor heterosexual suffers daily for their sexuality... I hope this parade helps to heal their souls in some small way..:sad:..

[Livia]

I am not prepared for multiples of this on the back of a series of flatbed trucks.

https://media2.giphy.com/media/ZUJesWnnyGmkw/giphy.gif

[Beso]

Oh my god, but everyones going to be wearing khaki three-quarters lengths and smelling of Lynx. It's going to be awful! :(


Could be worse I suppose.

https://images.app.goo.gl/V2vrpWHY8RmGdm176

[Beso]

No?

[Oliver_W]

Could be worse I suppose.

https://images.app.goo.gl/V2vrpWHY8RmGdm176

Eek. Bring on the khakis and Lynx.

[Beso]

Eek. Bring on the khakis and Lynx.

Or real life.