But more than 200 counter-protesters showed up, according to Newsweek. However, a similar parade last weekend in Modesto, California, drew about 20 marchers and not the estimated 500 that had been predicted. Organizers said they expect 2,000 people to attend. The idea of the parade has also been skewered nationally by people like Stephen Colbert of "The Late Show." The 90’s pop band Smash Mouth was more direct, tweeting, "Straight Pride Parade!?! Off." How many people are expected to attend?
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Nothing less will do."īoston Mayor Marty Walsh has spoken out against the parade too, but said there is nothing the city can do to stop it. "It is a desecration of beauty, truth, and generosity, and that is why we must call it out, call it what is, with a loud, clear, unambiguous and unified voice.
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"The Straight Pride Parade is a perversion," he added. He pulled no punches in a message emailed to students and faculty and posted on the Emerson website, saying the motivation for the event "is ignorance, fear, and its hideous offspring, hate." What are others saying?Įmerson College President Lee Pelton issued a campus-wide message earlier this week slamming the Straight Pride Parade, calling it "a perversion" and a "desecration of beauty, truth and generosity." MassEquality supports a vision where we live together in peace," Acting Executive Director Robb Johnson of MassEquality said. There is space at the table for all of us. "Straight people's rights are not diminished when society makes room for LGBTQ people. MassEquality, a grassroots advocacy organization that works to ensure Massachusetts residents can "thrive without discrimination and oppression based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression", issued a statement saying they rejected the idea on the parade organizers' website "that straight people are oppressed." "We reject the cynical and childish action by the self-professed straight men who organized this week’s event and we know that they represent only a small minority of ill intended reactionaries who are motivated more by hate than anything else." "The extreme right-wing individuals organizing this event are attempting to mock the very legitimate celebration that LGBTQ people have enjoyed for decades," the statement said. The Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus issued a statement saying they are "saddened" that the prade will take place. "It’s a trolling event, designed to get a rise out of vulnerable communities." "It has become increasingly clear that the Straight Pride Parade is organized by a group of white supremacists and is an attempt to bait the Boston LGBTQ community," the organization said in a statement to the Globe. The organizers of Boston Pride said they are trying to ignore the event. The Boston Globe says the LGBTQ community is somewhat divided in its response to the Straight Pride Parade. What does Boston's LGBTQ community think? They invited "all races, genders, and sexual orientations" to participate. Organizers of the parade told USA Today on Wednesday that their movement is "one of unity and love, not one of ignorance.
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All people from all communities are welcome, so long as they show mutual respect." We just want to have our own celebration just like everybody else has a right to. "We're a sexual orientation just like many others," John Hugo, the president of Super Happy Fun America, said back in June. But the people behind the Straight Pride Parade have denied that the event is about hate. The Boston parade was organized as a response to the city's annual Pride Parade held each year in June.
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