Swordsmyth
06-06-2019, 06:51 PM
A lively discussion has kicked off on Twitter over the merits of straight people having their own Pride events.
A plan by a group in Boston, US, to hold a '"straight pride" march in August has sparked more than 45,000 tweets in the last 24 hours.
The group - Super Happy Fun America - has applied to the city government to hold their march, and approval is currently pending.
Three men behind the event include John Hugo, who was the Republican candidate for Massachusetts' 5th Congressional District in the 2018 mid-term election.
On the organiser's website, Hugo is quoted as saying: "Straight people are an oppressed majority. We will fight for the right of straights everywhere to express pride in themselves without fear of judgement and hate."
More at: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-48527248
A plan by a group in Boston, US, to hold a '"straight pride" march in August has sparked more than 45,000 tweets in the last 24 hours.
The group - Super Happy Fun America - has applied to the city government to hold their march, and approval is currently pending.
Three men behind the event include John Hugo, who was the Republican candidate for Massachusetts' 5th Congressional District in the 2018 mid-term election.
On the organiser's website, Hugo is quoted as saying: "Straight people are an oppressed majority. We will fight for the right of straights everywhere to express pride in themselves without fear of judgement and hate."
More at: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-48527248