What Does A Straight Pride Parade Look Like? Ask Sao Paulo
The city of Soa Paulo just voted to hold Straight Pride on the third Sunday in December, as “one way to speak out against ‘excesses and privileges’ of the gay community—nevermind that Sao Paulo continues to discriminate against queers year round.
This year the city’s Straight Pride parade will be held of the 18th, one week before Christmas. Don’t the straights know that we hold most gay prides during June because all the June holidays kinda suck? Who has money to throw a huge pride parade right before Jesus’ birthday?
This reminds us gay comedian, Rob Nash’s rant on the very idea of Heterosexual Pride:
I get sick of listening to straight people complain about, “Well, hey, we don’t have a heterosexual-pride day, why do you need a gay-pride day?” I remember when I was a kid I’d always ask my mom: “Why don’t we have a Kid’s Day? We have a Mother’s Day and a Father’s Day, but why don’t we have a Kid’s Day?” My mom would always say, “Every day is Kid’s Day.” To all those heterosexuals that bitch about gay pride, I say the same thing: Every day is heterosexual-pride day! Can’t you people enjoy your banquet and not piss on those of us enjoying our crumbs over here in the corner?
But… we’re allowed to piss on the straight people at their banquet, right? We can’t wait to see how many businesses and organizations get on board to show their straight pride and to remind the heterosexuals how much they support their presence. How many of you wanna bet that it’s just gonna be a bunch of churches? Will homos be allowed in the straight pride parade to show our solidarity with our heterosexual friends and neighbors?
So many questions. If we’re not busy with Christmas shopping, we’ll be watching closely to see just how you heteros celebrate your majority sexual status, Sao Paulo.
I say if they have to have a “Straight Pride” parade just to see how ridiculous they’ll all feel then let ‘em have at it. I have a feeling that straight pride parades are not going to be held annually, as gay parades are, in most major cities anytime soon.
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Excuse me. A heterosexual pride day is as valid as other “pride” days. There should also be a Family Pride day.
You think a “Straight Pride” day is ridiculous? Have you see the Gay Pride parades.
Listen to the “tolerant” crowd!
I see how you don’t like it. And I’m gay!
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Excuse me. A heterosexual pride day is as valid as other “pride” days. There should also be a Family Pride day.
You think a “Straight Pride” day is ridiculous? Have you see the Gay Pride parades.
Listen to the “tolerant” crowd!
I see how you don’t like it. And I’m gay!
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@Jameas: Why!? Families aren’t under attack and or deprived of equal rights. Straight people aren’t under attack ethier, nor are they deprived of equal rights. “Straight Pride” is pointless. Although I don’t agree with the sexualization of Gay Pride nor do I see what a lot of the costumes have to do with pride…we still need pride to let people know not only have we not given up, we aren’t going anywhere.
PS: Why do I think you’re just another one of those Straight people who come on here and pretend to be Gay just to troll/detract from stories on here?
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Will there be any kind of admission criteria that would exclude liars from this event? That might shorten what will surely be a boring day.
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So whats the anti straight pride all about. Why shouldnt straights enjoy a day out if they want. Do get a grip and stop bleating about how put down the gay community is. I see Gay friends having a ball, theyre pretty much all solvent and happy to be living their lives, no matter what people think. I doubt this would negatively affect any gays I know.
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For those who wants a straith pride day, what about you all also take some punches and kicks in the ass while you’re kissing your partner at the streets too… or maybe loose you job because you have a “heterophobic boss”? Take the hole package and then itl will be fair !!!!
bullshit !
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@Dawnelle:
Tom is making the point that privileged majorities do not need things such as pride parades (usually.) Like how straight people are the privileged majority across the world, white people are in many places as well, such as the US. You missed the point.
“Straight pride” is often just a mask to spite and belittle the lgbt community. They don’t do it for pride at all. It’s not straight pride anyway. It’s anti-gay pride.
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@ChrisC:
Straight people aren’t deprived of equal rights? So all the minorities who are straight and don’t get equal treatment that means nothing huh?
I have nothing against gay people but the ones who over do it and are like pushing it up in peoples faces disgust me. Don’t look for attention and then cry when you get it.
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The notion that gays are under attack is BS. Doing so gets one fired, put in jail, blacklisted, the whole nine yards. So stop lying. It’s annoying.
If you gays were for “equality”, none of you would be against a straight pride parade. You all are completely hypocritical; your arguments are false and paper-thin. You all don’t want equality. You want special rights. Period.
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Love the protest signs!