Meaning of straight pride | Babel Free

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A display of pride in one's heterosexuality, as a reactionary movement to gay pride.

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“At least one Tea Party rally took heat from the gay community and human rights groups for allowing the sale of straight pride clothing and paraphernalia.”

“After being arrested and humiliated for being straight, Owen organizes a Straight Pride Parade for himself and others to come out of the closet.”

“In June, a group calling itself Super Happy Fun America announced it was planning a Straight Pride Parade in Boston. The group says they requested the same route as the Boston Pride Parade, which marched from Copley Square to Government Square on June 8.”

“Many of those who seized the opportunity to mock Straight Pride and its appropriately drab flag were, unsurprisingly, queer, yet a sizable number of straight people could also be found in the fray.”

“A Colorado father is suing the state's largest school district, claiming staff refused to let him display a "straight pride" flag alongside the Progress Pride flags on view throughout his children's Denver school.”

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