Humans can be mortifying creatures at times – one look in our history books will provide you with more than enough evidence of that. The latest thing to bring shame to our species is the sudden trending of Heterosexual Pride Day which is trying desperately to take over social media in a bid to raise awareness of sweet FA.

Gay couple kicked out of Uber for kissing at PrideRecent displays such as the racial incident on a Manchester tram or the way we behave when a football match doesn’t go our way – continue to make the majority us despair.

And the fact that Heterosexual Pride Day, an passive aggressive ‘event’ for homophobes to try and snatch back the progression of LGBT acceptance, is the top trend on Twitter is humiliating.



Heterosexual Pride came to fruition in the 90s in response to the growing support for Gay Pride, a much more necessary movement to encourage tolerance for the gay, bisexual, trans and pansexual communities.


#HeterosexualPrideDay WOW I'm so happy straights can get married, donate blood, and not murdered. It must be hard dealing with oppression — Maddy (@MaddyBooth3) June 29, 2016

The mindset behind it – apart from the obvious intolerance of those different which is still depressingly prevalent – appears to be that if gay people get a day, then why don’t straight people? Equality, right?

The worst people are undoubtedly the ones who are expressing their need to raise awareness for straight people in downright homophobic ways.

But almost as bad are the ones who look at the trend and genuinely think: ‘hey, they’re right! There IS no day for straight people! It’s unfair!’

Solidarity with my straight friends who to this day can be jailed in approximately 0 countries for their sexuality. #HeterosexualPrideDay — Will McArticle50 (@WillMcHoebag) June 29, 2016

Those people, I’m afraid, are what are known politely as naive and ignorant and less politely as complete morons.

Gay Pride is a thing because LGBT people have fought stigma, abuse and intolerance for decades to get to where they are today – which is still not in a position of equality.

We have progressed a lot, given that only years ago, homosexuality was illegal in the UK (and still is in many countries) – but there is a long way to go.

Gay Pride has something to achieve – it shows that those who have different sexualities have just as much right to be happy and love who they want as the rest of us.

It slams down the bullying that is still rife and embraces the achievements made so far in fighting injustice and inequality. Hence, it very much has a place in a progressive but by no means perfect society.

The dates for #HeterosexualPrideDay 2017 have been announced! It starts on Jan 1st and runs until December 31st. pic.twitter.com/PdLfq4jWkJ — Richard Harris (@cigarboyrick82) June 29, 2016

The reason Heterosexual Pride Day doesn’t need a place is because every day is Heterosexual Pride Day. If you are straight and genuinely think your cause needs attention and awareness, ask yourself these questions.

When have you ever considered hiding the fact you are straight to avoid trouble or embarrassment or because you felt you had to in order to get ahead at work?

When has a gang cornered you and beaten you up because they don’t like the way straight people talk or you walk like a straight person?

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What words are there that have been used against you in order to make you feel bad for being straight?



When did you have to sit your parents down and say: ‘Mum, dad, we need to talk. I hope you will still love me after I tell you this but…I’m straight’?

When have you ever been asked how straight people have sex or if you even know you are straight as have ever tried being with someone of the same sex?

When have you been targeted with hate for kissing your girlfriend or boyfriend in public or even held their hand?

When have you had to campaign to be able to get married?

Get a f***ing grip if you are genuinely taking this day seriously. Instead of stealing the attention and undermining the efforts of Gay Pride, be thankful that you don’t NEED to have a day like this.

You can be who you are without fear of oppression.

logging in to twitter on a bad mental health day and seeing #heterosexualprideday is trending pic.twitter.com/OyoX3d3CpF — Emily Reynolds (@rey_z) June 29, 2016

This day is not even about making straight people feel okay about being straight, as ridiculous as that would be. It’s about making gay people feel once again targeted.

They can’t even have a Pride Day without people jumping on it and taking it away.

Underneath the confusion and the misled support for this day, lies a bed of significant homophobia. Just take one look on social media.

While thankfully, many more tweets appear to be slamming the trend, there are a fair few that are using it as yet another weapon against gay people.

This doesn’t prove that straight people need more attention. It proves that Gay Pride is more important than ever.


If you think that Heterosexual Pride Day makes things more equal then you officially need to wake up – it has only widened the gulf further.

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