The owner of a gym in Armstrong, B.C., is facing backlash from the community after a Facebook post criticized a graphic that reads "straight pride" on his business card. Schutte said promoting straight pride comes from a place of hate and discrimination. "Straight pride was born to rally against the LGBTQ community," Schutte said. But Nenasheff sees his use of the straight pride image as a way of showing he's proud of who he is — a heterosexual man — not to make LGBTQ people feel belittled. Nenasheff said that while his intention was not to hurt people, he wouldn't change his use of the straight pride graphic, instead he would include that everyone is welcome at the gym on his business card.

Source: CBC News June 19, 2020 00:56 UTC