It is so much more than parades, glitter and rainbows.įor those people that do understand why we have Pride but still want a ‘Straight Pride’ their message would oddly translate to…. To put it simply, Pride is a celebration of who we are, what has been achieved and a protest against all the injustice that has gone by and all the injustice that still exists. Pride exists because LGBTQ+ people have faced discrimination, harassment, inequality, violence and danger for years. When people say ‘why don’t we have Straight Pride’ it shows how little they know or understand about LGBTQ+ Pride and why it exists in the first place. Whilst it may be a small minority, it does seem to have been a growing trend over the past few years with the first actual ‘Straight Pride’ happening in 2019 – it was a massive flop, but it still happened. Every year during Pride Month, there is always a small minority that shout out ‘’what about me! I need Straight Pride’’.
