I'm putting this in Off Topic because it's more funny than political.
A group that calls itself Super Happy Fun America that was started by 3 straight guys is planning to have a Straight Pride Parade in Boston in August.
It is LGBTQ month in June so there are a lot of Gay Pride Parades going on now.
I think this is pretty funny. The guys sound like they are pushing a little for "straight" rights but they're doing it in an amusing trollish way.
Left is not amused, of course.
Super Happy Fun America pushes for “Straight Pride Parade” in Boston | Boston Spirit Magazine
A group that calls itself Super Happy Fun America that was started by 3 straight guys is planning to have a Straight Pride Parade in Boston in August.
It is LGBTQ month in June so there are a lot of Gay Pride Parades going on now.
I think this is pretty funny. The guys sound like they are pushing a little for "straight" rights but they're doing it in an amusing trollish way.
Left is not amused, of course.
Putting history and present-day reality aside—because organizers of the Straight Pride movement appear to be erasing the effects of anti-LGBTQ discrimination on LGBTQ people—a group called Super Happy Fun America is pushing for a “Straight Pride Parade” this summer in Boston.
According to their website, “Super Happy Fun America is committed to creating spaces for people of all identities to embrace the vibrancy of the straight community. We believe that true diversity is only possible when people of all sexual orientations are free to celebrate their lifestyles.”
Which may just sound fine in theory—let’s all support each other, right? But don’t they seem to be missing the entire point of LGBTQ Pride? The hard work of the ongoing fight for equal-rights, for example, isn’t aimed to give special rights to discriminated groups (LGBTQ people, in this case) over the status quo (straight people, in this case) but to ensure that all groups share the same rights. Isn’t every day “Straight Pride Day” pretty much everywhere already, after all?
Mark Sahady, vice president of Super Happy Fun America, a group organized by three men who claim to advocate “on behalf of the straight community,” announced that the parade is tentatively scheduled for Aug. 31. Sahady included a proposed parade route that mirrors the path of the LGBT Pride Parade that takes place on Saturday.
“We will have the streets closed and be allowed floats and vehicles,” Sahady wrote in a Facebook post. “This is our chance to have a patriotic parade in Boston as we celebrate straight pride.”
Sahady claimed he filed a discrimination complaint with the city and that officials are now working with the group on the event. City officials confirmed the group has contacted them, but they haven’t received the permits required to host a parade.
Super Happy Fun America pushes for “Straight Pride Parade” in Boston | Boston Spirit Magazine