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'Hetero Awesome Fest' planned for Idaho capitol during LGBTQ Pride Month (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] Allero 35 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

Honestly, if done without any hate to LGBTQ+, I'm all for it. We need a nice hetero representation, and hetero relationships are beautiful. This does include trans people forming hetero couples, and hetero-demi-/asexuals, and many more, so it can even intersect with LGBTQ+ in some cases.

All relationships and sexualities are beautiful, and hetero ones are no exception.

But I doubt it'll be done this way.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

id be ok with it as long as they don't push it in my face

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I don't want to walk past and see them holding hands or anything

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 points 32 minutes ago

Holding hands implies they're trying to have sex. A penis, in a vagina? How do I explain that to my 4 year old?

[–] reiterationstation@lemm.ee 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Most likely no one shows up.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Or worse, the intended demo shows up

[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, I'd say, if hetero people need an excuse to have fun and celebrate something, I'm all for it. But I have a sneaky suspicion that this is going just going to be used as a hatefest towards LGBTQ+ people instead. I would love to be proven wrong but I have a feeling that straight cis people who are open minded and accepting and not bigots, aren't the ones who feel the need to go "what about straight pride / international men's day?" whenever anyone else gets a bit of attention.

[–] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'm cis-het and fully intend to go to the pride parade with friends in a different state. It's going to be a great time! Idk why the largest groups feel like they need extra special attention.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 2 points 11 hours ago

I don't think they do it for attention tbh

[–] Allero 6 points 14 hours ago

On the other hand, the concerns themselves are real, and if they will be addressed in a way positive to everyone else, this will be great!

So, we'll see. Under current administration, the risks for it derailing into the hate fest are quite high, but fingers crossed.

[–] muusemuuse@lemm.ee -3 points 10 hours ago

I want you to say the same thing about black history month so you can understand how ridiculous this is.