Pride started as a protest, not a party. Pride is the only place where I feel safe holding my girlfriends hand because I’m unlikely to get abuse shouted at me for it. Pride is the only place I can feel normal. Pride is the only place I can pretend I have representation. Pride is the only place I can pretend my family aren’t homophobic because there are so many adults there with smiles on their faces. Pride is the only place I feel safe and loved and it happens literally once a year. You want a straight pride parade? Sure, but first you need something to protest. If you want a straight pride then maybe you should be treated the way we were/are. Maybe we should criminalise straight marriage, arrest straight couples for PDA and abuse them on the street. Maybe we should make it legal to fire straight people. Maybe we should ban straight marriage. Maybe we should keep children away from straight people - we wouldn’t want to have to explain it to them. Maybe we should let straight people feel what it’s like to worry about being yourself in public. Fuck your straight pride parade.














