Ok, ok, calm down heterosexuals don’t get your pitchforks out yet. Hear me out, alright? You CAN be happy and open about being het, I’m fine with that. Going to a LGBTQ+ studio and being like “I’m het but I still really support LGBTQ+”, “I’m het, ftw” or “I’m straight lol” is fine, no biggie. But being outright offended that there’s no het pride month, het pride parade, or het pride movement at all is stupid and childish. Want proof? All right, lets put this into an allegory. A child is in first place in Mario Kart. The child’s friend is in last place. The friend gets an item, a Bullet Bill power up(which can boost the player forward a great deal). The child in first place begins whining, “I want a Bullet Bill power up!” they shout. “Why, I’m in last place. I needed that power up. Actually, I’m still only in ninth, I really wanna finish in fourth place if I could.” The child whines again, “but I want to to fast and be a Bullet Bill too!” They shout, throwing a fit. This kid would be considered a spoiled brat, right? “Well, of course the kid’s a brat, they CLEARLY don’t need that Buller Bill. Their friend is still fighting just to get fourth place!” I hear you respond. Of course this makes sense. Well, thats gay pride for you. We are just celebrating that Bullet Bill power up. And off to the side, that whining spoiled brat we mentioned? Thats the heterosexuals who ‘need’ heterosexual pride events. See, it’s silly isn’t it? We have pride because we fought for it. We’ve tried so hard for so long to get just the basic rights we’re only just beginning to get. We’ve gone to Hell and back just for a little recognition. We’re proud that we fought and we won, that we’re where we are now. Heterosexual pride wouldn’t make sense, since they never had to fight for their rights to love who they love. I’m not saying don’t be proud of yourself, please do be proud! You might be straight, but that’s not the end of it. You may have struggled because of other reasons, maybe not. Maybe you’re just proud of being yourself, being a wonderful friend, proud of your adverse experiences, proud that you are unique. But being proud of your heterosexuality isn’t really necessary. It’s fine to be het, but that alone doesn’t deserve pride events. You’re in first place, let the kid in back be proud they’re catching up and leave them be. Not everything requires pride movements, if every simple thing had pride movements they would lose purpose. Thanks.
UPDATE because y'all don't know how to act and I'm STILL getting salty comments from cishet people. Pride is a celebration of the fact that LGBT people were oppressed for a long time, and it celebrates LGBT rights. Pride parades are for people to come together to celebrate the progress of the community. Straight and cis people have always had all of their rights, and cishet people have NEVER been oppressed ONLY for being cishet. So, LGBT people have been oppressed ONLY for being LGBT, cishet people have NOT. We are celebrating the fact we are becoming less oppressed and more accepted.
