Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rebuked Boston’s “Straight Pride” parade and its apparent lack of female participants, calling it “a ‘I-Struggle-With-Masculinity’ parade'
“For men who are allegedly so ‘proud’ of being straight, they seem to show real incompetence at attracting women to their event,” she said, retweeting footage of the march. “Seems more like a ‘I-Struggle-With-Masculinity’ parade to me.’”
“Straight people are an oppressed majority,” read a statement from the president of the parade’s organizing group, John Hugo. “We will fight for the right of straights everywhere to express pride in themselves without fear of judgment and hate.” For men who are allegedly so “proud” of being straight, they seem to show real incompetence at attracting women to their event.Hope they grow enough over the next year to support / join LGBTQ fam next #Pride! 🏳️🌈 https://t.co/DUb52ktWOPMassachusetts Rep.
Story continuesDays prior to the parade, Boston Pride, which organizes the city’s LGBTQ pride march, released a statement, calling the Straight Pride march a “trolling event, designed to get a rise out of vulnerable communities.”
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