When is "Straight Pride" Month?

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When is Straight Pride Month?

I'm straight. I like being straight. A big reason why I like being straight is that I've never once experienced bigotry for my sexuality. I didn't have to fight for my right to marry the person of my choosing. I didn't have to concern myself with being beaten or killed because others didn't accept who I wanted to sleep with. I didn't have to stay closeted out of fear, or worry about the reaction of my family, friends, or colleagues by coming out.

I never got called a slur for being straight. No one told me I'm going to burn in hell for being straight. There aren't any programs where I could be sent to be tortured into no longer being straight. There aren't any countries where you can be put to death simply for being straight.

There is nothing I ever had to fight for, or struggle against, because I'm straight. And therefore, there isn't any reason to take pride in it. Grateful for the privileges I get? Sure. But pride? I don't see it.

On June 1, I made a post on Facebook celebrating the beginning of Pride Month. I’ve had to block several hundred people for posting hate-filled, even violent comments. Three days later they’re still posting several dozen bigoted comments per day. Many have the audacity to ask “When is Straight Pride Month?”

But they don’t want a straight pride month. What they truly desire in an “I'm a homophobic piece of shit" month.

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