i saw this question about gay pride,, whats the big deal about being proud of your sexuality?

Question

i mean i am a heterosexual, but you dont see heteros shouting about hetero pride, SHOULDNT WE ALL JUST BE PROUD TO BE DECENT HUMAN BEINGS , are you saying that you are more proud of your sexuality than your humanity

THANKS TO ALL THAT ANSWER,, SHOULD I BE PROUD OF BEING HETERO, OR A DECENT HUMAN

Answer 1

Believe me, Dearest, I understand. I've been on the all Human side myself; but I also understand the Gay side.
You as a Hetero don't have to worry about, when your wife becomes ill, whether you'll be allowed to stay in the hospital room. We do. We can be expelled by the families of our spouses and sent away. We can be left out of decision making on their behalves entirely and -- gods forbid -- if they die, be left to grieve alone.
I know a few friends it's happened to. One lady who was partnered 42 years had her Beloved (who was suddenly stuck by virulent cancer) taken away from her by a hateful family and buried in a Christian cemetery under a tombstone that read "Unknown to God". How kind of them.
It would be beautiful if we could all be Human and be Family. I would *love* that. If colour and gender would all fall away and we could all be equal. This is why we're all struggling for equal rights.
Please understand. Blessings.

Answer 2

Okay - I'll have to put in my two-cents here.

Being a heterosexual myself (and loving all women, but most of all my wife), who has a lot of homosexual friends and at least a few lesbian friends (that I know of), I've often wondered why some people would want to march down the middle of a street to proclaim pride for their sexual orientation.

After all, I was raised to believe that what a person did in the bedroom STAYED in the bedroom.

My friends of alternative lifestyles are not the type to parade in the street and they really don't have an answer, either.

I am guessing that those who do march are probably a bit insecure in their sexual orientation that they need to demonstrate their difference in a public platform.

Whatever the reason, I do wonder what the deal is.
Whether you are a man or a woman, what a person does sexually with another person is their own business and really has no place in the public arena.

Answer 3

Well, I agree with you that to be "proud" that one is gay or "proud" that one is straight doesn't make sense. I think you've misinterpreted the pride that is normally talked about in the gay community, however. It's not "pride" in being gay - because you should not be proud of something that you had no choice in making happen. When you are proud of something, you are proud of something you have personally achieved. So what they mean when they say they gave gay pride is that they are proud that they have overcome the social stigmas and prejudices and been able to be gay in an open, happy way. See the difference?

Answer 4

Every day is hetero day!!!...you don't think twice about holding hands, kissing or showing other signs of affection in public with your loved one. You've never experienced fear of retribution due to those acts, have you?
We celebrate being and the gradual acceptance of our birthright. We should feel proud and no longer ashamed of something we have no control over.
Our sexuality is very much a part of our being of the human kind

Answer 5

We are saying that less than 5% of the US population is Gay. That means 95% are straight. We were born this way like you were born straight. It is normal for us to be proud of who we are and the courage it simply takes to walk in a Gay Pride Parade or wear a rainbow shirt. It is looked at much different than being straight in the eyes of a Gay person. We hear it is a lifestyle like we had a choice to be Gay or Straight.

Answer 6

It is more of trying to believe that it is ok to be gay so they invented gay pride to tell everyone that they are proud of the fact that even though they may not be accepted, they are still gay and will remain that way no matter what anyone else says.
The more they push their gayness on to others, they think that they will be able to
feel better about themselves and their choice. Just because they are decent human beings in other ways they think they
should not be judged by their sexual preferences. They had to lobby to make it a law and now they want more and more
benefits from straight people because they think they deserving for being different.

Answer 7

Straight people actually get to be proud of who they are every day. Straight relationships and "family values" are held in very high esteem in society - just look at the images in ads, the stories in movies, the ideals of religion and politics.

So gay/lesbian people celebrate and be proud too, but in our case it looks more like individual pride because it is not represented more widely in media or society in general. We also have to do more our own celebrating because straight people aren't going to do it for us.

Also, if you are out in public with the person you love, aren't you proud to be with them? It is the same with gay and lesbian couples, except when we even hint that we're a couple we often come up against disgust and hatred for it. So to be openly proud of who we are is just standing up for ourselves and defying people's ignorance and bigotry.

Answer 8

every day is straight pride... movies, television, magazines, wedding announcements in the newspaper... all celebrate the more common sexuality... most often to the exclusion of gay people... we exist as a very significant percentage of every society, yet have been historically ignored... even so much as being virtually "invisible"... up until a very short time ago ... so gay pride parades are more a statement of being publicly visible and being proud to be publicly visible... whereas straight people have been and continue to be publicly visible in every way possible... so there simply isn't a need....

Answer 9

It's more a matter of being proud despite people telling them they should be ashamed or whatever.

I personally don't go for the whole gay pride thing, I'd rather just be me than 'gay me'. I'm proud of who I am but not because of my sexuality.

Answer 10

I think it is more to get the message out to those who are ashamed by thier gayness and are afraid to admit it. The "gay pride" is letting those people to know that they can be ok with themselves and proud of what they are.