Tag: Straight Pride

A number of companies including Netflix and TripAdvisor have rejected the suggestion that their businesses will sponsor Boston’s so-called “Straight Pride Parade,” and the latter has found a fairly cheeky way to do it. Netflix, Lyft and TripAdvisor’s logos all appear on the website for Super Fun Happy America, the group behind Straight Pride, and an offshoot of white supremacist group The Proud Boys. Though the site lists the companies as “potential” sponsors, all three corporations have made clear they...

City officials in Modesto, California say they are considering granting a permit for a “Straight Pride” event scheduled for next month. Organizer Don Grundmann from the National Straight Pride Coalition tells his local news station that the event is his group’s “cultural answer” to “anyone that supports the LGBTQ lifestyle.” “Essentially it boils down to two religious views of the world,” Grundmann says. “One is Christianity, which is represented by heterosexuality, a culture of life, and its opponent is the LGBT...

Investigators of unmarked envelopes containing a powdery substance sent to organizers of Boston’s “Straight Pride” have announced the packages did not contain a dangerous substance after all. Instead, they held only Bible verses… and glitter. Super Fun Happy America, the organizers of the event, notified the FBI after receiving the envelopes earlier this week. The Massachusetts State Police bomb squad, FBI and three area fire departments all converged on the scene to investigate the packages, suspecting they might contain a dangerous...

The apparently serious organizers of a “Straight Pride Parade” gathered for a press conference on Wednesday to announce they’d been given the green light by the city of Boston to move ahead with their event. The parade will likely take place on August 31 with everyone’s favorite alt-right homocon troll Milo Yinnopoulos serving as Grand Marshal. It sounds like a really fun time. The group’s next step is to obtain a license from the city; Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has stated he...

It’s June, so it feels like every company is slapping rainbows on their products to celebrate LGBTQ Pride. But what about straight people? Aren’t they allowed to show their pride too? Now they can with some beauti- um… special Straight Pride gear. Amazon appears to be the place to go for Straight Pride gear, where folks who want everyone to know that that one time back in college does not mean they’re queer can order this gray pin. It comes with not one,...

Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has officially been declared grand marshal for Boston’s upcoming “Straight Pride” parade after Brad Pitt threatened to sue organizers for using him to promote the event last week. “I’ve spent my entire career advocating for the rights of America’s most brutally repressed identity — straight people — so I know a thing or two about discrimination,” Yiannopoulos said in a statement. The parade is tentatively scheduled for August 31. source

Milo Yiannopoulos. Because, of course, it will be. The right-wing provocateur was officially named grand marshal for Boston’s “Straight Pride” parade after Brad Pitt threatened to sue organizers for using him to promote the event last week. John Hugo, the president of Super Happy Fun America told the Boston Herald that Pitt “was not super happy” about them using his name and likeness without consent. “I really like his movies and his lawyers sent us a letter asking us to take his stuff down...

You’ve likely heard by now that a far-right group called Super Happy Fun America is holding a “Straight Pride” parade in Boston later this summer. According to its website, Super Happy Fun America wants to “celebrate the diverse history, culture, and contributions of the straight community.” One of the group’s of three founding members is a man by the name of Chris Bartley, who identifies as gay. On Wednesday, Bartley told Queerty he’s working to bring “Straight Pride” to Boston in an effort...

Actor and Oscar-winning producer Brad Pitt has threatened to sue organizers of Boston’s so-called Straight Pride after trying to name him the official mascot of the celebration. Super Fun Happy America, the apparently serious organization putting together the so-called “Pride” event, released images of Pitt on their official website naming him the “ace of this important civil rights movement.” Super Fun Happy America classifies heterosexual Americans as an “oppressed majority” despite never having been oppressed for their sexuality. Pitt, for his part,...

After the city of Boston issued a permit for a “straight pride” parade later this summer, the internet has gone wild with condemnation and comedy. But Twitter user Eva Victor may have won the internet already. In her satirical take on the ridiculous “parade,” Victor explains to her boyfriend why she’s so excited to go to Straight Pride and why it’s so important to her as a straight woman. “We have 364 days a year where we have unbelievable, unspoken privilege and...

According to his Twitter profile, Chris Bartley is a proud American, a follower of Jesus, a #GaysForTrump supporter, and a 2012 Eagle Scout. He’s also one of the founding members of Super Happy Fun America, the group currently working to bring a “Straight Pride” parade to Boston later this summer. And he doesn’t give a damn what anyone thinks about him. Barley’s official bio on the Super Happy Fun America website reads: Earlier this week, we reached out to Bartley for comment on his...

Crawling out of her snake pit right on cue, right-wing wonk Tomi Lahren has spoken up to defend the proposed Straight Pride celebration in Boston.  Lahren endorsed Straight Pride in a fevered rant on her Fox Nation show on June 6. “You can be proud of about everything these days, so long as it’s not straight, white, male, or God forbid, conservative,” Lahren whined. “Don’t forget, it is open season on straight white men in this country, and y’all aren’t allowed to...

The city of Boston will likely be holding a Straight Pride parade in August thanks to the work of a far-right group called Super Happy Fun America. According to its website, Super Happy Fun America wants to “celebrate the diverse history, culture, and contributions of the straight community.” The group consists of three members: President John Hugo and Vice President Mark Sahady, who identify as heterosexual, and “Gay Ambassador” Chris Bartley, who identifies as gay. Yesterday, Bartley told Queerty he’s working to bring...

Three dudes from Boston who call themselves “Super Happy Fun America” have filed for a permit to hold a “straight pride parade” in the city this summer and they’re threatening to sue if they don’t get what they want. According to its website, Super Happy Fun America wants to “celebrate the diverse history, culture, and contributions of the straight community.” The group consists of three members: President John Hugo and Vice President Mark Sahady, who identify as heterosexual, and “Gay Ambassador”...