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'''Straight Pride''' (or '''Heterosexual Pride''') is a slogan that opposes heterosexuality to homosexuality by copying the phrase "[[Gay pride]]", a positive stance in the contemporary [[LGBT rights]] movement. Originating from the [[Culture War]]s in the United States, "Straight pride" is a form of conservative [[backlash]] as there is no straight or heterosexual [[civil rights]] movement. Isolated and unrelated, the relatively few "Straight Pride" incidents have, however, gained some media attention. |
'''Straight Pride''' (or '''Heterosexual Pride''') is a slogan that opposes heterosexuality to homosexuality by copying the phrase "[[Gay pride]]", a positive stance in the contemporary [[LGBT rights]] movement. Originating from the [[Culture War]]s in the United States, "Straight pride" is a form of conservative [[backlash]] as there is no straight or heterosexual [[civil rights]] movement. Isolated and unrelated, the relatively few "Straight Pride" incidents have, however, gained some media attention. |
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Straight Pride (or Heterosexual Pride) is a slogan that opposes heterosexuality to homosexuality by copying the phrase "Gay pride", a positive stance in the contemporary LGBT rights movement. Originating from the Culture Wars in the United States, "Straight pride" is a form of conservative backlash as there is no straight or heterosexual civil rights movement. Isolated and unrelated, the relatively few "Straight Pride" incidents have, however, gained some media attention.
Incidents
Initiatives by adults
White Aryan Resistance or Ku Klux Klan have set up "Straight Pride" events as a direct reaction to "Gay Pride" events to appeal to anomic adolescents.[1]
In 1991, a group of conservative organisations at University of Massachusetts organised a "Straight Pride" rally, which was attended by about 50 people. However a crowd ten times the size, came to protest against the rally.[2] In 2005, a "Straight Pride Week" was organised at University of Central Oklahoma by the College Republicans on campus.[3]
In July 2008, group of reggae artists announced about their plans to arrange Straight Pride in New York to support some Jamaican musicians "harassed" by LGBT activists.[4][5] According to LGBT rights activist Peter Tatchell, this "Straight Pride" event was "a promotion of straight supremacism".[6]
In August 2011, Sao Paulo city alderman Carlos Apolinário of the right-wing Democrats Party sponsored a bill to organize and sponsor "Heterosexual Pride Day" on the third Sunday of December. The bill was passed by the city council, and awaits the signature of mayor Gilberto Kassab. Apolinário, an Evangelical Protestant, stated that the intent of the parade was a "struggle...against excesses and privileges". Members of Grupo Gay da Bahia and the Workers' Party criticized the bill as enhancing "the possibility of discrimination and prejudice".[7] However, no events have ever been held.
"Straight Pride" t-shirts have been sold at American Tea Party protests.[8][9]
Incidents involving minors
Chambers v. Babbitt (2001)
"All students benefit from the respectful and thoughtful exchange of ideas and sharing of beliefs and practices. Schools, in particular, are environments that can provide education of both the substance of diversity and the responsible manner with which such diversity is approached and expressed"[10]
Judge Donovan Frank closing Chambers v Babbitt (2001)
In 2001, Woodbury High School in St. Paul, Minnesota created homophobia-free areas called "safe zones" designated by an inverted pink triangle and intended for LGBT students.[11] Student Elliot Chambers reacted by wearing a makeshift t-shirt with the slogan "Straight Pride" and the image of male and female stick figures holding hands.
In light of previous anti-LGBT incidents, principal Babbitt ordered Chambers to remove the shirt. A court case ensued. Judge Donovan Frank upheld Chambers' complaint that his First Amendment rights had been violated, and that the principal's decision was unjustified.[12] Although praising Principal Babbitt's intentions, the judge explained that views of both sides of the debate should be allowed and that such issues should be resolved within the community, not within the court system.[12]
St. Charles North High School
In response to a local spate of suicides amongst LGBT adolescents, an Ally Week was held at St. Charles North High School in St. Charles, Illinois in 2010. On the first day of this Ally Week, though, three students arrived wearing "Straight Pride" t-shirts. The back of these t-shirts displayed Leviticus 20:13, a verse stating that those who perform homosexual acts should be put to death. While the school did not force the students to remove their t-shirts, it did persuade them to remove the bible quotation. The following day two different students arrived wearing "Straight Pride" t-shirts minus the bible quotations and were consequently asked to remove their shirts.[13]
References
- ^ Blazak, R. (1 February 2001). "White Boys to Terrorist Men: Target Recruitment of Nazi Skinheads". American Behavioral Scientist. 44 (6): 982–1000. doi:10.1177/00027640121956629.
- ^ "Campus Life: Massachusetts; Angry Gay Groups Drown Out Rally By Conservatives". New York Times. 10 March 1991. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|newspaper=(help) - ^ "College Republicans Plan 'Straight Pride Week'". KCRA.com. 28 January 2005. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ Straight pride parade to hit New York City
- ^ Straight Pride Parade to be Held in New York City
- ^ Tony Grew (8 July 2008). "Straight Pride has a "homophobic agenda"". Pink News. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ Andrew Downie (August 4, 2011). "'Heterosexual Pride Day' in São Paulo?". Christian Science Monitor.
- ^ Heywood, Todd (12 April 2010). "'Straight pride' shirts at Tea Party rally draw fire". Michigan Messanger. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ Lepore, Jill (2010). The whites of their eyes : the Tea Party's revolution and the battle over American history. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. pp. 126–127. ISBN 9780691150277.
- ^ Biegel, Stuart (2010). The right to be out: sexual orientation and gender identity in America's public schools. Minneapolis, Minn.: University of Minnesota Press. p. 203. ISBN 9780816674572.
- ^ Fenton, Ben (18 January 2002). "Student wins right to show 'straight pride'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ a b Ayres, Ian (2005). Straightforward. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. pp. 40–44. ISBN 9780691121345.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Fuller, James (11 November 2010). "'Straight Pride' shirts become free speech fight at St. Charles North". [[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)|]]. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
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