This is a great CNN opinion piece on why there is not a straight pride month. I won't post a preview because it would ruin the flow of the article. More here.
haha there isn't a straight pride month because straight people are "normal" and therefore have no reason so say fuck you I like who I am. personally, I like to offend people and laugh at how worked up they get (no i did not read the article, yes im pretty hyper) hence the "fuck you" definition of pride! :newcolor:
As soon as I noticed that LZ Granderson wrote this article, I expected to read a thought provoking article since his presentation on TED was done well. Thanks for posting the link.
No.. but there was a pride rally in some park where I live, but it was like 2-3 years ago, and I the only people I know who went there were scene girls who listen to annoying music and smoke really, really, really bad pot
So you have no actual experience of a pride event and are basing your judgement on the fact that some people you don't like went to it? If these same people went to a movie you hadn't seen yet would you then decide the movie must be bad? If you saw them riding in a particular type of car or eating in a particular restaurant would you decide those must be bad? Your opinion seems to be based on some very thin (shading into nonexistent) evidence. Todd
oh, no, I was just telling a story. But I think they're stupid because like why would you make a big deal about your sexuality, like it doesn't really matter, and shows the worse of gay stereotypes. I dunno doesn't make sense to me, but at times I don't even feel gay.. if that made any relevent since
How do you know that Pride shows the worst of gay stereotypes if you've never been to Pride? In fact, exactly how much about Pride do you know that isn't filtered through the media? A media that is, I will point out, overwhelmingly owned and controlled by straight people, whose mostly straight news editors vetted everything published. A group of people who have an invested interest in focusing on the stories that are going to shock and titillate their readers - the overwhelming majority who are straight - so that they can push more news papers or get more eyes glued to their TV's. I'm willing to bet that 98% of EVERYTHING you've ever known and seen about Pride has been interpreted and filtered for you through the eyes of someone who was straight. Someone who probably can't understand why "the gays" need Pride at all, or wonders why straight people don't get to have a pride month. Do you really want THEIR bias shaping your point of view of YOUR community? ---------- Post added 15th Jun 2013 at 09:51 AM ---------- For LGBT people who dislike Pride because of the drag queens, guys in their underwear, and leather daddies; I think Harvey Fierstein sums things up bluntly but accurately in this video. [YOUTUBE]0_OQeA3GiRw[/YOUTUBE]
Aldrick already did a bang-up job tackling one part of this (thanks dude!) so I'll jump on this part: The reason we 'make a big deal' about our sexuality is because there are quite a number of people who not only say it matters but choose to persecute, prosecute, and (yes) execute us for it. And we refuse to just sit quietly and let them do that. Ask someone who's been attacked and beaten for holding their boyfriend's hand or simply being perceived as gay how much of a big deal it is. As someone who's been fired from their job for being gay how much of a big deal it is. Ask someone who's been tied to a fencepost to die how much of a big deal it is. Ask someone your age who has to live on the street because their parents apparently thought it was a big enough deal to throw them out when they found out they weren't straight. When the vast majority of the Earth's population really and truly doesn't care about our sexuality (meaning that you can do anything any straight people can do in public or private and no one will even look twice because it really doesn't enter their minds to care), then you can talk about it not really mattering. Coming at this from another direction - Straights shower society with their sexuality constantly. Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie and Fitch, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, billboards showing models, Miss America pagents, Viagra and Cialis commercials in prime time TV. The Bachelor and Bachelorette and all their various incarnations, music videos, wedding shows, soap operas, shows on relationships, shows on dating, etc etc. All of them and a huge number more are all examples of straight people flaunting their sexuality for everyone to see. So if it really doesn't matter that much why do they expend such enormous resources on it? If we want a day a year to celebrate us, I hardly think that's too much to ask. Todd
Wow your right i never thought about it, but straight people really do flaunt their sexuality. Why the hell should thy care if we get a month when they get the whole year. if anything we need to do more, keep up up with the heteros. XD
I'm just gonna... Copy and paste this in Microsoft Word and then save the document, if you don't mind. There are a lot of things in this that I completely agree with, and I may actually do some graphic art that may or may not end up as Tshirts. Especially with how much heterosexuality is flaunted, even more than homosexuality. Even look at your local High school. Prom King and Prom Queen (also applies to Homecoming), FOOTBALL FOOTBALL FOOTBALL, Gym class with all the jocks bragging and gloating about their biceps, abs and glutes, the french-kissing in the middle of the hallway where everyone needs to be to get to class, College where every girl "gets" about 10 guys, guys saying lesbian porn is okay just because it's the only one with tits and any other kind of gay porn isn't okay because it doesn't have boobs, and then we even go to politicians, especially extreme right-wingers who gloat that they have 10 children, all of whom are "Being taught the right way, the only way, and not to choose homo" and songs upon songs, many of which are a love song to a female (usually with her name as the title) by a male artist, or even the other way around. Thankfully, not many songs are anti-gay because most artists are naturally insightful (I've actually yet to hear one that's not a parody by the WBC). The internet that we post on even has a meme called "Tits or GTFO" And then they have the nerve to say that holding hands or a small accent in your voice is flaunting your sexuality, if you're gay.
