The worst part of Pride each year is riding the subway late at night and seeing the gay guys, mostly the ones riding by themselves, slowly take off their rainbow stickers and beads and what-not in preparation for their walk alone in their neighborhood, doing their best to prevent the off-chance of being jumped. I saw one guy with a flag in his bag turn it upside down so it wouldnβt poke out.
So yeah, fuck that heterosexual pride day nonsense.
This is the saddest god damn thing Iβve read in awhile, mostly because I literally remember peeling my stickers off on my way home too for this reasonΒ
Two years ago in Budapest the organizers didnβt let anyone leave the place until we dropped all the rainbow flags into the trash cans and popped out the balloons, because people were waiting outside the cordons to get and beat us. Sadly the situation was so bad that even without the flags, we couldnβt leave for a good two hours after the event anyway. There were hundreds of people just waiting to be able to get home safely, but we simply couldnβt walk out of the place because of those assholes. In the end, the police made us leave in smaller groups via subway. They closed down the stations closest to ours, so we could avoid running into the people waiting us outside. This was in Budapest, in Europe, 2014. I hate this world we live in.
And this is why #heterosexualpride makes me so angry.
I know this kid who was leaving Pride, trying so badly to rub off the rainbow paint on his cheek because his dad was abusive and didnβt know he was gay or at pride. I was on the bus with him and he was close to tears, he cheek red, and I had my make up bag and there was a packet of wet wipes, so I went up and sat next to him and helped him rub it off. Weβve been best friends ever since.
Heterosexual pride my ass
This is so fucking important. There are way too many human beings that are so ashamed of who they are because people just canβt accept diversity and itβs so sad.Β you canβt be fucking butt hurt when people celebrate minorities and people that have been suppressed, rather than groups that are wildly accepted and loved. Donβt try and take away from someoneβs fucking happiness.Β Check. Your. Fucking. Privilege.
No offense but everyday is heterosexual pride day cause there is no one telling you guys that your way of like is wrong. So please just give us one month to be ourselves and celebrate diversity.
Full offense, but every day is heterosexual pride day.
