Heterosexual Pride Day

B.A._Baracus · 07-05-2013 06:33PM

efb wrote: »

They protest ours too! Equal!!!

Last time I checked little ol' grannies didnt get gay bars closed down (as to what they did with stringfellows) ... I mean the george is going years. Stringfellows was only open for 5 months.

laoch na mona · 07-05-2013 06:35PM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

For a test I put "gay pride ireland" into google images and this was the third image shown - now if gay people wanna have a parade, so be it. But I cant help but feel that if a large number of men and women were dancing down the street, half naked in a parade that WASNT anything to do with homsexuality ... the police would be called or the parade wouldnt get permission in the first place. It would be classed as "indecent", right? But yet that image above...

So there are double standards at play.

https://www.facebook.com/EmbarrassingIrishNightlifePhotos?ref=ts&fref=ts
let me introduce you to this little gem from the interwebz apparently straight people get to walk around like idiots weekly

wait outside supermacs in Galway when the college students are coming out of the clubs it makes gay pride look mild

The King of Moo · 07-05-2013 06:35PM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

For a test I put "gay pride ireland" into google images and this was the third image shown - now if gay people wanna have a parade, so be it. But I cant help but feel that if a large number of men and women were dancing down the street, half naked in a parade that WASNT anything to do with homsexuality ... the police would be called or the parade wouldnt get permission in the first place. It would be classed as "indecent", right? But yet that image above...

So there are double standards at play.

Are you basing your opinion on all gay-pride parades on one photo of four people, taken from a showbusiness website which would obviously highlight attention-grabbing pictures? I don't really see much wrong with what they're wearing. Maybe I'm a shameless libertine, but I don't think any adult would be arrested for wearing that in a parade.

At least it wasn't the picture of the old man in the assless chaps though.

PS. Don't google "Rio Carneval!"

bmwguy wrote: »

I've often said in work that white heterosexual males have the worst of everything. Cant be racist against a white person, or sexist against a man, or sexist (or whatever it is) against straights. We just have to take whatever life throws at us adn cant complain. I'm in, lets have this parade.

What obnoxious, self-pitying nonsense.

Do you live in fear of murder, acid attacks, starvation, physical and verbal abuse, and disenfranchisement because you're a white heterosexual man?

Can you tell me from where you get your assertion that white straight men can't complain about any discrimination against them? Who's stopping them, and can you give me any concrete examples that show that white heterosexual men are the most discriminated-against group on a global scale, and they are having their freedom of speech denied?

baztard · 07-05-2013 06:36PM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Last time I checked little ol' grannies didnt get gay bars closed down (as to what they did with stringfellows) ... I mean the george is going years. Stringfellows was only open for 5 months.

What does a strip joint have to do with a gay bar? They're totally different

efb · 07-05-2013 06:38PM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Last time I checked little ol' grannies didnt get gay bars closed down (as to what they did with stringfellows) ... I mean the george is going years. Stringfellows was only open for 5 months.

The parade! I don't know any gay strip clubs

efb · 07-05-2013 06:39PM

White hetero males are just afraid of losing their position of privilege. 2 out of 3 ain't bad...

Czarcasm · 07-05-2013 06:41PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

At least it wasn't the picture of the old man in the assless chaps though.

You go out one, freakin', time, in your "cassual wear", and does the Internet ever let you forget?

Nahhh :mad:

padd b1975 · 07-05-2013 07:15PM

Just steer the whole lot of them into one 'Attention Seekers Parade'

Job done.

My name is URL · 07-05-2013 07:16PM

Ush1 wrote: »

I half agree with what you're saying but isn't it some what ironic that they want to be just like everybody else yet feel the need to highlight their difference by having a day dedicated to it?

When you consider that just 20 years ago, being an active homosexual was a criminal offense here; it's not surprising and definitely not ironic that a day is dedicated to it. The stigma surrounding homosexuality is still very real though, despite laws becoming more modernised.

And besides, it's not (as far as I view it anyway) really even about 'pride' per se. It's more about not being made to feel ashamed of their sexuality, and a clear message that they are not okay with being marginalised in our society.

To those who honestly believe a 'straight-pride' event is the logical reaction to gay-pride events, ask yourselves the following - a) What is the opposite of pride?, and b) Have you ever been made to feel that way because of who you're attracted to?

belcampprisoner · 07-05-2013 07:19PM

we are normal straight people don't need a pride day

we don't have to march to show people,how straight we are

jill_valentine · 07-05-2013 07:22PM

laoch na mona wrote: »

https://www.facebook.com/EmbarrassingIrishNightlifePhotos?ref=ts&fref=ts
let me introduce you to this little gem from the interwebz apparently straight people get to walk around like idiots weekly

wait outside supermacs in Galway when the college students are coming out of the clubs it makes gay pride look mild

This is it. Have ye never been in any built up area in the country the weekend after the Leaving Cert?

Butterface · 07-05-2013 07:39PM

I think the Pride parades or Pride festivals have evolved. It's more about celebrating the gay communities around the country that do a lot of good work for gay citizens - through organizations, helplines, suport groups, student groups, trans equality platforms etc.

I know a lot of gay people living in rural parts of Ireland who don't often get a chance to socialise with other gay people. Going to a Pride event in Dublin or any other city or town that hosts them is a great opportunity to meet people. I've been single for ages and I'm living in a city where I've only had the opportunity to meet one other lesbian in all my months here.. I'm looking forward to going to Dublin Pride because I want to hang out with other gay people in a fun atmosphere for a few nights! And maybe pull.... oh god I better pull!

kowloon · 07-05-2013 07:45PM

jill_valentine wrote: »

This is it. Have ye never been in any built up area in the country the weekend after the Leaving Cert?

And Junior Cert night makes Dublin look like a production of Caligula in Beirut in the late 70s/early 80s.

Annasopra · 07-05-2013 08:01PM

bmwguy wrote: »

I've often said in work that white heterosexual males have the worst of everything. Cant be racist against a white person, or sexist against a man, or sexist (or whatever it is) against straights. We just have to take whatever life throws at us adn cant complain. I'm in, lets have this parade.

What about a SCHWAM parade?

Annasopra · 07-05-2013 08:07PM

efb wrote: »

My understanding is civil partnerships would cease with marriage equality

No. In the UK both will be available to gay/lesbian couples. We have no idea what will happen here.

oldyouth · 07-05-2013 08:22PM

How about a day to recognise the "over 50 but not getting any" community???

We're far and away the biggest group in the State and I'm sure we could get cross party support from Gay & Straight people, as it affects both

orestes · 07-05-2013 08:26PM

This comes up every single year when Pride parade time comes about. I look forward to the year that it doesn't, because that will be the year that the parade will have finished serving its purpose, because instead of people thinking they should get a parade too, they will be confused by why LGBT people would have had a parade in the first place.

Ush1 · 07-05-2013 08:31PM

My name is URL wrote: »

When you consider that just 20 years ago, being an active homosexual was a criminal offense here; it's not surprising and definitely not ironic that a day is dedicated to it. The stigma surrounding homosexuality is still very real though, despite laws becoming more modernised.

And besides, it's not (as far as I view it anyway) really even about 'pride' per se. It's more about not being made to feel ashamed of their sexuality, and a clear message that they are not okay with being marginalised in our society.

To those who honestly believe a 'straight-pride' event is the logical reaction to gay-pride events, ask yourselves the following - a) What is the opposite of pride?, and b) Have you ever been made to feel that way because of who you're attracted to?

But my point is it's actually about equality regarding rights, same as the million man march, not "we're the same as everyone else". They are celebrating the fact they are different.

My name is URL · 07-05-2013 08:51PM

Ush1 wrote: »

But my point is it's actually about equality regarding rights, same as the million man march, not "we're the same as everyone else". They are celebrating the fact they are different.

They're celebrating the fact we are all different.

Ush1 · 07-05-2013 08:55PM

My name is URL wrote: »

They're celebrating the fact we are all different.

Wouldn't that be the gay and straight parade then?

orestes · 07-05-2013 09:02PM

Ush1 wrote: »

Wouldn't that be the gay and straight parade then?

And what about the millions of people who don't fit into either category

Steve O · 07-05-2013 09:06PM

Until laws reflect equality for all, they should March until their feet bleed. Sick of oppression because some clueless backward ****wit doesn't understand it.

Terry1985 · 07-05-2013 09:54PM

Steve O wrote: »

Until laws reflect equality for all, they should March until their feet bleed. Sick of oppression because some clueless backward ****wit doesn't understand it.

There's a lot of hot air blown about gay people not being able to adopt... when unmarried biological fathers don't have automatic legal guardianship to their own kids.

That's much more of a civil rights issue than two guys trying to import some orphan from Chernobyl.

So maybe you can hold off on the abusive 'clueless backward ****wit' remarks for cheap thanks?

Czarcasm · 07-05-2013 09:57PM

Ush1 wrote: »

Wouldn't that be the gay and straight parade then?

I like to call it the "everybody's welcome to the party" parade! I'm straight and I've never had anyone say to me "Oh you can't be part of our parade". It's more about a celebration of diversity than it is any kind of "LGBT people vs straight people" silliness.

Royal Legend · 07-05-2013 10:01PM

Where do these hetrosexuals get off, why do they have to flaunt their hetrosexuality everywhere, I think its wrong. Keep it behind closed doors, we don't need to know your sordid secrets, next they will be looking for marriage laws and the like, fkuking clowns.:mad:

Steve O · 07-05-2013 10:04PM

Terry1985 wrote: »

There's a lot of hot air blown about gay people not being able to adopt... when unmarried biological fathers don't have automatic legal guardianship to their own kids.

That's much more of a civil rights issue than two guys trying to import some orphan from Chernobyl.

So maybe you can hold off on the abusive 'clueless backward ****wit' remarks for cheap thanks?

Yes, of course we should ban Gay adoption because fathers have limited rights.

That's totes what I meant.

orestes · 07-05-2013 10:04PM

Royal Legend wrote: »

Where do these hetrosexuals get off, why do they have to flaunt their hetrosexuality everywhere, I think its wrong. Keep it behind closed doors, we don't need to know your sordid secrets, next they will be looking for marriage laws and the like, fkuking clowns.:mad:

Great, now the clown fetishists are gonna want a parade aswell.

Royal Legend · 07-05-2013 10:13PM

orestes wrote: »

Great, now the clown fetishists are gonna want a parade aswell.

No way, clowns get parades all the time.

pragmatic1 · 07-05-2013 10:35PM

bmwguy wrote: »

I've often said in work that white heterosexual males have the worst of everything. Cant be racist against a white person, or sexist against a man, or sexist (or whatever it is) against straights. We just have to take whatever life throws at us adn cant complain. I'm in, lets have this parade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IYx4Bc6_eE

B.A._Baracus · 07-05-2013 10:41PM

That Stewart Lee clip gets posted too much on here :rolleyes:

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