![]() ![]() Straight cis people aren’t being murdered for being straight. Straight allies remain essential in our journey towards equality, acceptance and celebration, but with a very loud minority of straight people clearly misunderstanding the purpose of Pride, we’ve collected nine reasons why a ‘Straight Pride’ is completely unnecessary. Instead of simply ignoring this childish, toys-out-of-the-pram, knee-jerk reaction to LGBTQ people getting more attention than our straight counterparts for just ONE MONTH, we thought this would be a good opportunity to remind our community and allies why Pride (the real one) is still vitally important to the queer community. According to their website, they hope that the parade and platform will mean that “FINALLY STRAIGHT PEOPLE WILL HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD”. ‘Straight Pride’ has been in the headlines for weeks as a group called Super Happy Fun America received a permit to hold their event on August 31 from the City of Boston.
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