Is "heterosexual pride day" really necessary?

I just found this weird...

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2011/08/04/brazil-city-announces-heterosexual-pride-day/

I don't mean to sound "insensitive" but I thought heterosexuals already had a "pride day" everyday of the year. Is there a day of the year where they think "Y'know, I don't have to be ashamed to be straight! I love the opposite sex! Deal with it!"

 

hey man everybody gotta feel equal ??

 

If it was really about celebrating their sexuality, I'd say go for it. Some straight people really need to loosen up, maybe a parade would help with that.

Of course it's not about celebrating, it's just passive-aggressive hate.

 

i'd needn't wear bunny ears and a man thong to be proud of my sexuality.

 

I dont think its needed,just causes people to feel wierd about thier lifestyle WHEN THEY ARE NOT WIERD AT ALL!!

 

gay pride isn't about "being normal" or even asking for normality.
if they were it'd be called "normality pride"..

people that dress up all crazy is about 20% of the people that go, its just for fun, and it symbolizes the inner comfort gays find once exposed to things such as pride.

pride festivals are pretty much an excuse to party for the ones already confidant and sure of themselves, and its almost a transformation for ones closeted and insecure about themselves.

 

absurd. it wouldn't be any fun at all. it might be cool to have a hetero's who love gays float in a gay pride parade.

Albuquerque June 2011

 

20% of 10,000 people let us say???

 

i don't really care one way or another. they can have a pride day if they want. sexuality in our culture is accepted as being an integral part of an individual's identity. i'm gay and i like that i'm gay. i identify with being a man and liking other men. i suppose some heterosexual men feel the same way about women and want to celebrate that. they can go ahead.
that being said i have never attended a gay pride parade myself and have no desire to.

 

those morons dont speak for me

 

I kinda understand where they are coming from even though it's wrong way of doing it.

I'm gonna start by saying that I have nothing against gay people, and that I have a bunch of gay friends and absolutely no issues with that. That being said, I disagree with the whole gay pride thing. If you just want to fit in, why would you want a parade that makes you stick out? I dont get it.

 

ahah yeah i thought it was pretty ridiculous. i like what quebec does actually. we have diverscite. which is a celebration of sexualities not just gay or hetero ones. breaking down barriers is where its it

 

heterosexual pride day = time to catch up on all the latest and greatest Scissor Sisters videos and news

 

really? I'm from quebec and I didnt even know that. I just assumed it was they montreal gay pride cause well... lets face it, it's mostly non-heteros that go there.

Or maybe I'm just making assumptions cause I've never actually been there

 

I agree, I'm straight, and a lot of bullshit goes on because of people acting like sex is shameful. People don't have sex with people they want to have sex with, or do with people they don't really want to, for stupid social reasons. If it was about being more open about the attractions between men and women and cutting the bullshit that would be a good thing. But it's probably just a snarky childish anti-gay thing.

 

Montreal has two festivals related to sexuality and an underground 3rd celebration.

http://www.diverscite.org/2011/anglais/apro.php

 

I'd like to discuss something with you. On PAPER, I agree with you, but in real life, if these are just ''stupid social reasons'', why do I feel upset if I love and date a girl and then learn she has done some pretty wild sexual things/has had more partners than me, etc... I know I'm not the only one that feels like this, and I would even risk to say that MOST men are like this. It seems we are wired this way.

What's your opinion on that side of things?

 

I think, perhaps, you should check out the movie Chasing Amy- I hope maybe it would change your opinion of things.

 

thats the same as saying gay people have something ta be ashamed of every day of the year ,except on gay pride parade day.they dont.what makes you think gay people have anything to be ashamed of?whats a persons sexuality got ta do with who they are as people?

 

What does a person have to hide Roamy? Well you see, on straight days then, to be fair, they apparently have to hide the picnic tables (according to the most recent upstart). And the Horses. And the children. And, as i recall,(as my ex was a criminal defense attorney), some cows too.

In a word- hyposcrisy- by these "straight day" pushers. I completely agree with you. Your sexuality has JACK to do with who you are- its your ethics as a human being and a person.