Social media is buzzing with the pronouncement of June 29 as “Heterosexual Pride Day,” which appears just as cities, provinces and states around the world celebrate June as Gay Pride month. “I’ll never forget the day I sat down my family to tell them I was straight,” tweeted Toronto comedian Peter Anthony. “I haven’t spoken to my father in years.”“I don’t have anything against straight people,” tweeted Parker Molloy of Chicago. “I just don’t think they should force their lifestyles on the rest of us.”Tweeted Tom Riddle of Amsterdam: “y’all so brave. While the hashtag #HeterosexualPrideDay is trending, the response has been largely negative — and humourous — for the group of self-proclaimed straight males and females.

Source: thestar June 29, 2016 17:59 UTC