Boston's Straight Pride Parade is a deranged veneration of toxic masculinity nobody asked for
The Straight Pride Parade is coming to Boston on Saturday, the brainchild of three straight men convinced that they are the victims of oppression. Apparently, the same kind of individuals who spent the last election complaining that everyone-gets-a-trophy millennials are too easily offended have had their feelings hurt. And now they want a parade.
The parade is offensive, it’s disorganized and, frankly, it’s confusing. Their grand marshal has made statements that appear to condone priests having sex with boys. Their website proudly displays the logos of all the companies who have publicly stated they will not endorse the event. And, at the eleventh hour, the organizers have turned the march into a cosplay contest.
The event is organized by a group called Super Happy Fun America, because apparently “The petulant homophobes that every Boston-area woman swiped left on” was too on-the nose. Bemoaning what they’re labeling as a backlash against the straight community—there isn’t one — that has left them an “oppressed majority” —they’re not — they’re hosting a march celebrating the fact that they are attracted to women, even if no woman could possibly be attracted to them.
If the event’s three organizers have been feeling that people don’t like them lately, in their defense, that’s probably true — but it’s likely less because of the fact that they’re straight and more because of their alarming number of ties to alt-right organizations, neo-Nazis and/or white supremacist groups .
And speaking of ties to neo-Nazis and alt-right organizations, let’s not forget their grand marshal, Milo Yiannopoulos, who boasts a long list of disturbing credentials, including championing the alt-right and promoting both anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim campaigns and then resigning from uber-conservative Breitbart amidst the resurfacing of his aforementioned pro-pedophilia rhetoric . And when your views are so disturbing that even Breitbart thinks they might be a bit much, it could be time to reevaluate.
From there, the parade takes a turn from the offensive to the simply bizarre. Their website also proudly promotes a man who goes by G. Notes Justice as “the official hip hop artist of the Straight Pride movement.” According to the site , he “is changing planet Earth for the better by busting out tunes,” but after checking out his SoundCloud page , I can assure you that he is not. His not-quite-a-hit-single is called “Straight Pride (YEET!)” — no, seriously — and its “lyrics” consist primarily of him proclaiming “I love being hetero” followed by a voice softly whispering “sexual” over and over. It’s ironic that listening to the anthem for the straight pride parade might be enough to make women swear off men altogether.
And finally, yes, there is a cosplay contest. We’re not totally sure what happened here, but Super Happy Fun America recently announced that Saturday now also features a contest offering “a $100 giftcard prize for the best individual cosplay, and a double prize for the best straight-couple cosplay.” For those unfamiliar with the medium, cosplay is the act of participants dressing up as fictional characters, often from comic books or anime. It actually serves as a surprisingly fitting competition for participants in the parade since many male members of the cosplay community have a history of harassing women themselves. Plus, if I were participating in a parade like this, I would wear a mask, too.
So what’s a state like Massachusetts — the first to legalize gay marriage , the first to elect an openly gay Congressman , and home to the second highest percentage of LGBT citizens in the nation — to do about an event like this one? Well there is a counter-protest scheduled at City Hall from nine until noon and another along the parade route at Copley Plaza.
Still, if history’s any indication, there might not be much to worry about. In 2017, Boston was home to a rally in support of the neo-Nazi side in Charlottesville that only drew a few dozen participants, while the counter protestors numbered in the tens of thousands . And that same year in Seattle, a straight pride parade organizer officially answered the question what would happen if someone threw a parade and no one else showed up ? Despite inviting over 2,000 people and tallying 169 confirmed attendees online, he was ultimately left to walk solo, carrying a bunch of balloons and a cardboard sign reading “straight pride” in what sounds like a scene from history’s saddest birthday party.
And, on June 13, Boston played host to a gay pride parade that energized the city, which was cheered on by thousands. A community once afraid to come out of the metaphorical closets now marched proudly down their hometown’s most prominent streets, and a community once ostracized was now so popular that even buttoned-up corporations like Bank of America and Delta sponsored the event.
On August 31, the turnout to support the alt-right’s limited vision of heterosexuality will be far, far lower.
Bigotry hasn’t been vanquished in our country, that is clear. But days like this aren’t all bad: They remind us that hate is losing, and love is winning. And that’s something of which we can all be proud.
Some people have way too much time on their hands.
I agree.
Who has time to march in a parade, or to protest one?
I would say it's the incels that are the worst...blaming everybody but themselves because they can't get a girlfriend and get laid
Oh, thank God. I live for your personal happiness!
Aww. Are you afraid that some gay people got their feelings hurt because someone who was straight had a parade?
Are Gay Pride Parades inclusive? Yes. They don't exclude straight people from participating in their parades, all are welcome.
Is this group of fucknuts and their straight pride parades going to allow Gay people to join their parade? If a guy shows up wearing pink spandex, nipple rings and ass chaps, are they going to openly welcome them to join their parade? Never in a million fucking years.
Now what was that you were saying about "insecure" and "intolerant"?
Actually it looks like the "straight pride parade" people are the ones that got their feelings hurt. Gay pride parades have been around for decades, straight pride parades? First I ever even heard of one was in 2015.
Why the sudden need to have one? Because like I said, they view equality as oppression, so they are butt hurt.
So straight people aren't supposed to take pride in being straight, but gay people are expected to take pride in being gay?
What shithead makes a display of being a part of the vast majority? That is like telling me your body is mostly composed of water, and my reaction is the same...cool?
W/O a doubt they are the worst. I don't even pity them, they disgust me.
How much you want to bet that half the people marching in the "parade" fall into that category?
Why would any self respecting guy dress up that way.
Nah...I think they are affectionatly making fun of all those pride filled people. Is it a sin or a crime to be straight?
The same reason other people wear the clothing THEY choose to wear?
Not to the best of my knowledge. Is it a sin or a crime to be gay?
No he can't be in the parade but would probably win the cosplay contest.
Probably bring home a lot of phone numbers as well
Never been to Mardi Gras I see.
The words that Jonathan Krieger used is his title were spoken by Alexandria Octavio-Cortez. "Seems more like a “I-Struggle-With-Masculinity” parade to me."
"Super Happy Fun America, the group that organized the parade, said on its website that the event was held to "achieve inclusivity and spread awareness of issues impacting straights."
It seems Cortez and some like minded people don't like the taste of their own medicine.
It is still legal to deny LGTBQ housing and employment in 26 states...
Institutional discrimination is still suffered by gay and lesbian America.
Not in the world I live in.
Of course not. But there is no need for these guys to be a bunch of dicks about it, is there?
Gay persons have been historically discriminated against and told to be ashamed of their sexual orientation for centuries. They have been attacked, maligned, ridiculed and deemed inferior and only recently have been given the breathing room by society to exist and feel free to be themselves. And the gay pride parade is one method by which they are celebrating their right rights and their "pride" because it allows them to reject the undeserved shame that has been heaped upon them.
Now, please inform us when the last time straight persons were told to be ashamed of their sexuality. When were they historically discriminated against, told they are sinners, evil, abominations and deviants? The answer is an obvious "Never". So why this need to push some ridiculous straight pride parade? Because what these dumb fuck bigots are really trying to do is push gays back down to where they believe they should be, inferior in all things, even parades.
A straight pride parade is like a birthday boy getting upset that his mom got small presents for all the birthday party attendees so the spoiled little brat demands all their gifts be given to him instead because he's the birthday boy and should get all the attention and all the presents, and then demands his birthday last all year.
Perfect solution for you.
If you don't like straight parades, don't attend them.
I don't like parades period, so I don't attend them.
Doesn't matter if its a gay one or a straight one or something other.
Let me guess...1974 church directory photo?
We have a thing going on now in society where dominant groups want to act like they have some sort of grievance. Sadly, it doesnt speak too well of us as a people.
Wrong again! You don't know who that is?
Hometown sports fans, religious folk, and anyone else that falls into a "majority" role at any event that is hosted for them that sounds like it might be fun to attend...like Comic Con.
What issues are impacting straights?
I remember my best friend growing up, he told his pastor when he was around 16 or so, that he was gay. His pastor told him he was going to burn in hell.
Years later he committed suicide by walking in front of a subway train.
Not at all. But, there is also no sin or crime to be gay either. Those who try to make it a crime are the only sinners.
Yikes! They're some scary looking bitches!
The other day I was heading to the gym and there was some asshole standing out in front of planned parenthood with a sign bitching and moaning about abortion or some such shit. This was at 4:50AM.
Another faux christian that needs to get a life
No one is pro-abortion, get it [right...Deleted]
Good luck in bouncing marbles off of sidewalk too LiB.....
The Washington Times did a better job of reporting on this story.
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/28/bostons-straight-pride-parade-critics-have-no-reas/?utm_source=GOOGLE&utm_medium=cpc&utm_id=chacka&utm_campaign=TWT+-+DSA
That article is only background about the potential parade, dated June 28, 2019.
Here are two articles about the actual parade on Saturday.
Basically another event Milo Yiannopoulos should have avoided...
Sounds to me like this group of people are easily triggered.
I think the people protesting the parade had every right to do so!
True, but why would they? They are triggered snowflakes? Maybe they need a comfort puppy and a safe space? As has been pointed out already, they are literally doing what they say Gays were doing a few years ago. I am guessing you support their hypocrisy?
Seriously, why call it a "Straight Parade"? Why not just call it a parade and be done with it?
I have no earthly idea why anyone would give a shit if there is a straight parade or not.
I don't know, but it sounds like they are.
Whatever gets them through the awful trauma of seeing s straight parade.
possibly, so it could have a happy ending, before dark, as a convoluted twisting and crooked path, ps unlike the straight parade path, with that 'straight' line being the shortest n quickest distance between two points on the color spectrum, occasionally referred to, as the rainbow.
Me either, other than the fact that they are triggered and pissed that Gay people have parades. So like a little kid starved for attention, they have a "straight pride parade" is that kid waving his arms in the air saying, "Hey!!!!!!!!! Look at me!!!!!!!!".
The people in the straight pride parade are clearly the ones that are triggered...
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So in your view, the people PROTESTING the straight parade weren't triggered and upset.
Got it now.
SMMFH
Why, ive already explained i don't swing that way, in public , or private.
now before you finish that thought,
i'm joshing with u, so undo that wedgie , n calm down
Very true...but they insist on calling it "gay pride", as if sexual preference is something to be proud of.
As I have said, there have been Gay pride parades for decades. Why do we need straight pride parades?
Also, it's not a preference, it's the way they were born.
why do we need gay pride parades?
Neither are necessary or serve any real purpose.
Because for so long, people who are gay have been told they should feel shame for what they are. They have been told they should change what they are. They have been told they offend God. They have been told they can't have familial relationships like straight people can. They have been told they can't be trusted around children. They are told that what they feel is not healthy, but a dangerous perversion. They have been dehumanized in every possible way.
If you were told all of that, wouldn't you be looking for a little pride? A little support? Maybe just a little acknowledgement that you are as valued as other people? Maybe you can't even imagine it, but try to have some compassion for people who live it every day.
Excellent response, Tacos!
Totally agree, Tacos. Very well put, and very true. The Cherokee, and many other Tribes, accept gay members of their Tribe as their equal and valued Brothers/Sisters. While those who call themselves Christians regard the Tribes as being Godless savages, it is instead proof that the Native Americans hold a high value of all human life, regardless of their gender differences. They are revered as being "Two Spirit" people, and are held in high regard in their Tribe.
The Creator does not make mistakes, it is the ignorant and biased humans that make them.
Every now and then you shock the shyte out of me in a good way. This is one of those times.
Asking the organizers and participants might be a good place to start.
It might be--if I actually gave a shit about either group having a parade I would never attend.
I didn't bitch when the gays had their little parade, and I am not bitching now that the straights had their little parade.
I refuse to get worked up over this non-impactful-event.
There is a lot of evidence to suggest they're not actually born that way.
Not that it matters.
Then why are you posting on this subject if don't care? Just curious.
Mainly to be amused by all the fine folks here getting worked up over a freaking parade, dude!
It is absolutely hilarious to me!
Why would anyone choose to be gay?
Why would anyone choose a blue shirt over a white one? Broccoli over cauliflower? A beach vacation over the mountains? Baseball over football? Guitar over piano? Tequila over vodka? Country music over hip-hop?
Why do some men prefer Karlie Kloss to Kim Kardashian? Why do some women prefer Brad Pitt to George Clooney?
The question "when did you choose to be straight" is completely asinine but opens the door to reason entering the conversation, so I'm actually thankful for it.
"Born this way" pre-supposes that the situation requires some sort of excuse. It accepts the homophobic pretenses like "unnatural" and "freaks", and seeks to mitigate them with "we can't help it...we were born defective".
I respectully submit that starting a campaign for equality with "we're genetic freaks" may not actually be the best way to go.
For a more concrete example, we'll use me. Personally, I prefer tan blondes with big boobs. Like all people, it wasn't an active decision I made, any more than I "decided" to prefer blue dress shirts to white or Jack Daniels over Jim Beam. But I also didn't emerge from the womb looking for Pamela Anderson.
Why would a Brooklyn Decker preference simply evolve over time, but a same sex preference need to be hard coded before birth? It wouldn't...unless you accept the pretense that it's unnatural and that such people are defective in some way.
You insist on calling it a preference when people are born that way.
When did you choose to be straight?
No one called them unnatural or freaks or defective except maybe you and the 'Proud Boys'. Snort.
Total nonsense. No one but vile ignorant bigots claim being gay is "defective". Just like being born left handed. Once left-handedness was considered by some to be "defective". But now, most of society understands there's nothing wrong with it at all so we simply had to remove the stigma of left-handedness. So the real defect is in the brain of the bigot who believes they have to treat others with disrespect, ridicule and hate. They are the ones who need to change, not those born gay.
There was nothing respectful in your comment and no gay persons are claiming to be "genetic freaks" as you seem desperate to imagine.
Why do you think that's any different for gay people? They don't come out of the womb singing show tunes, but just like you didn't choose to like blonde women with tans and big boobs, their sexual orientation wasn't something they had an active role in choosing. You didn't "choose" to be attracted to women like that, it wasn't just deciding between a blue shirt or a white one as you callously claim, it was an innate predilection. And if society ridiculed you daily for your taste in partners, you'd likely wonder why you were born that way instead of just proclaiming "Well, since it's socially unacceptable to be attracted to tan blondes with big boobs, I'm going to decide to be attracted to flat chested brunettes instead...". And the problem wouldn't be with you, it would be with that bigoted society that ridiculed you for your sexual orientation and what you find attractive.
How so? It's not really a choice in this case - if you're not sexually attracted to women, you can't force yourself to be. Whether it's partly genetic and partly environmental, or was strictly one of those - it still wouldn't be a choice.
I find the question a great way to shut up bigots who claim that gays choose to be gay. Not that it would matter to me if it actually were a choice.
You probably have much less "choice" in your preference for shirt colors or hair colors than most people assume, as well. I think it was an article in Time-Life's recent magazine about habits where I read a really interesting article about that, but it might have been National Geographic. I'm trying to find it to link to it. We're all genetic freaks.
Even if it was actually a choice, I agree, who cares?
Simple question...
When did you choose YOUR sexual preference?
Hook up with a gal about your size....BAM! Doubled your wardrobe.
It's actually a stupid question. In any case it's already been answered. See @4.1.22
Doesn't mean it was a choice. Neither was broccoli over cauliflower, BTW.
It would be a preference. Like the many I have already described.
Well, as most actual bigots lack the intellectual capacity to handle such a challenge, I suppose that might be the sole redeeming use of the question.
Notice that I have never claimed any of it was an active choice. That is the point. There are more options than "I chose this" or "I was born this way", and those alternatives increasingly appear to be the most valid.
I'll go with that. However despite the fervent efforts of people attempting to find the genetic link to sexual preference, there is really very little actual evidence to suggest it exists.
Exactly!
And yet you feel the need to make excuses for them...as though there is something wrong with preferring a same sex partner.
If there is nothing wrong with them, why do you insist they must be "born that way", despite almost no actual evidence to support that assertion?
Frankly, I see the behavior more in emotional straight white liberals than I do actual gay people. Note the present conversation.
I wish I were surprised to see you asserting firmly that they are genetic freaks and pretending you're not claiming that in the same post.
I don't. As I have stated, I think it's exactly the same. That is, in fact, the point. Are you following along at all?
Nor was I born attracted to women like that. Do you see the point? Is the penny closer to dropping yet?
Why not? Because you're all hot and bothered over sexual preference? Because you think it's some sort of big deal? Are the rest of us required to live in your emotional drama?
Or is it because you can't wrap your mind around the idea that more than two explanations might exist?
What the fuck does being "born that way" have to do with something being wrong with them? People with blue eyes were "born that way", does that mean there is something wrong with them?
Obviously you want to obtusely reply to my very clear statements and completely ignore the point in preference of some ignorant babble because you know your arguments are beyond moronic. It's not as if the fact that many bigots do label gay persons as "defective" is a secret. We see it all the time, and to pretend as if it's those standing up for gay rights that are the ones telling gays there is something wrong with them is just another lame tactic used by many bigots to deflect and distract from their very real hate and discrimination.
Because anyone with access to more than half their brain can see how every person born was "born" with certain traits, hair color, height, left handedness, all are "ways" people are born including their sexual orientation. Just treat gay persons like someone born with blue eyes or born left handed and treat them with respect, is that really too much to ask?
Those are your words, your ridiculous claim that mentioning being "born" with certain traits is somehow an admission that they are "freaks" when nothing could be further from the truth.
Claiming that a person chooses their sexual orientation like they choose different color shirts just shows how ridiculous your flaccid argument really is.
Jack thinks kids want to be gay so they will be more popular at school...
Erm...most white people are born with blue eyes that change as they get older. I'm not sure that's the happiest of examples.
There is an established genetic link for blue eyes. There is not for sexual orientation. Yet you are determined to pretend such a link exists. Why is that, exactly? I suggest you feel the need to create an excuse for them because:
So why would you or any gay person give a single millionth of an iota of a tinker's damn what these bigots think? Why on earth would you allow them to define any part of this conversation, much less drive you to contradict existing research, all in some ridiculous attempt to justify behavior to people you don't respect?
You see...those of us with full brains in our head are able to understand that hair color, height, and left-handedness have well established and proven genetic links. Sexual orientation does not.
Or treat them like a guy who prefers a blue shirt over a white one, or chicken fajitas over beef, or Dave Chappelle over Kevin Hart.
Claiming they are born gay when there is significant evidence to the contrary is ridiculous neurotic nonsense. They don't need you to make shit up to defend them.
Are you going to at least attempt to read carefully?
That quickly becomes a chicken and egg situation.
Who is more triggered...the people marching or the people offended by the people marching?
It's pretty sad that these people see equality as oppression.
These are the same people that were crying daily when SSM was passed because, "why should those gay people get to have something *I* have??!".
Yes.
Which people?
for mother fuckers who clearly haven't been laid in awhile and have absolutely zero game, zero career prospects, and zero better things to do with their free time.
All true. They need a better hobby than being outraged about another group of people having a parade.
Yes, this seed is a great example of that.
We all suck lol.
Outstanding use of irony, even if unintentional.
who clearly haven't been laid in awhile and have absolutely zero game, zero career prospects, and zero better things to do with their free time.
Sounds like a lot of gay guys I know.
If I had to guess, you don't know any at all.
In America, you are free to be a stupid idiot. The straight pride parade is a stupid idea that somehow slipped through the common sense filters (assuming they possess them) of everyone associated with it.
Is it the stupidest idea ever? I won't say for sure, but it's an interesting competition, at any rate.
Those are some pretty bad ideas, there, Tacos.
The guy on the ladder? He's Reason number 43 why men don't live as long as women
But the woman holding the gun to her eye...she's the exception to the rule
I love how he's got a buddy to steady the thing for him. Cuz that'll help. Safety first!
Wait. What's wrong with that bottom picture?
Here, hold my beer - watch this!
Didn't see any women in the straight parade, why is that ?
Because women are smart enough to avoid butt hurt idiots?
Because the reason these 'guys' have a straight pride parade is because they can't get laid in a whore house with a stack of $100 bills or a women's jail with a stack of pardons (stole that one from another member).
These 'guys' would lose their shit if women were there.
maybe there weren't any local women available to march that were sexually insecure due to past incidents in their rwnj childhoods.
Straight Pride? It was more like Self Loathing Closet Cases On Parade...
Because the women were smart enough to stay away from those guys.
Yeah well, concerning the 'straight pride parade' one can only assume the participants think...………..uh...…...that maybe their societal stature is diminished because they.....uh......Hell, I haven't a clue. Though I hope there were hot dog venders to keep them fed and lighten their wallets.
And I bet they bought the, "When you're a star, you can do anything," crap, hook line and sinker.
So this is how many of us see ALL rallies.
Welcome.
If you're not careful, you're going to become a straight white fiscally conservative male with a BMW and a single digit handicap.
"Boston's Straight Pride Parade is a deranged veneration of toxic masculinity nobody asked for "
Hmmmmmm ….. Only "Liberal" types seem to NEED "Gay Pride" …… PARADES !
But that's AOK !
"Parades" claiming "Which person they'll have SEX with", Is just "Moronic" in the first place. "Parades" weren't invented for that reason. "Parades" were for kiddie fun.....NOT CHILDISH ADULT SEXUAL ACTIVITIES !
I feel sorry for what the Kiddies have to deal with these days !
Fucking Childish self absorbed ADULTS !
Have you ever been to Mardi Gras?
I heard that there are folks fucking in the side streets, where ever.
I don't think you'll see that at a Gay Pride parade though. Though I've never been to Mardi Gras or a 'Straight' parade.
Me thinks these 'proud boys' protest too much.
WHAAAAAAT The "F" ?
I meant to say I've never been to Mardi Gras or a Gay Pride parade but I'd bet you'd find folks doing it at a Mardi Gras parade and not at a Gay Pride parade.
There's a difference ?
Here's the latest update from Boston - many more counter demonstrators showed up, well outnumbering those in the parade:
"There was no serious violence during the rallies themselves, which involved groups of several hundred.
But after the “Straight Pride” group had dispersed, the counter-protesters accused police of protecting “Nazis,” chanted “shame on you” and formed a human chain which police tried to get through, an AFP photographer said.
Officers fired pepper spray and made several arrests."
The Antifa sissies finally let leak a truth
How many proud boys were in the parade? About a dozen or so?
Zero. You have your wires crossed.
It looks like the Berkeley snuff out freedom of speech movement has spread from coast to coast.
They've been in Boston before. I just wanted to set the record straight. We have so many seeds & articles with false titles and outrageous proclamations.
Yes and reading many of the comments here I get the feeling some of our members did not understand it was an all inclusive event with an openly gay Grand Marshal.
It was both inclusive and tongue-in-cheek.