#HeterosexualPrideDay
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Overview
#HeterosexualPrideDay is a hashtag campaign calling for the designation of a holiday in honor of heterosexuality during the observance of LGBT Pride Month in June. In late June 2016, the hashtag began trending worldwide on Twitter after it was met with a surge of tweets expressing outrage and mocking the proposed holiday for being insensitive.
Background
On February 12th, 2014, Twitter user @MrsFreedomFirst[3] posted a graphic promoting February 14th as "Hetero Pride Day" (shown below, left). On June 29th, 2015, Twitter user @MyTweetsRealAF[5] posted the hashtag "#HeterosexualPrideDay"[1] (shown below, right).
![Hetero Pride Day Tweet (((NancyAmpersand))) @MrsFreedomFirst 12 Feb 2014 Save this pic and RT as often as you like, year after year. Heteros are LOUD and PROUD! #HeterosexualPrideDay HETERO FEPRUARY 4 PRIDE DAY](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/142/142/639.jpg)
![@MyTweetsRealAF 2015 Tweet Pull Up Patriarch @MyTweetsRealAF Follow #HeterosexualPrideDay RETWEETS LIKES 12 4 1:11 PM-29 Jun 2015 2 12 4](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/142/144/f29.jpg)
That day, the hashtag was shared on the social networking site upwards of 400 times, with many people expressing distaste for the campaign and comparing it to efforts to launch a "White History Month" (shown below).
![@MyTweetsRealAF 2015 Tweet graphic Pull Up Patriarch @MyTweetsRealAF. 29 Jun 2015 #DontHateCuzWeStraight #HeterosexualPrideDay 345 204](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/142/145/98e.jpg)
![@RaissaMakaila Tweet Raissa @RaissaMakaila 29 Jun 2015 To the people wanting a #HeterosexualPrideDay This is for you GAY PRIDE WAS NOT BORN OF A NEED TO CELEBRATE BEING GAY BUT OUR RIGHT TO EXISTWITHOUT PERSECUTION. SO INSTEAD OF WONDERING WHY THERE ISN'TA STRAIGHT PRIDE MOVEMENT BE THANHFUL YOU DON'T NEED ONE BELIEVE IN HAPPINESS. 70 60](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/142/146/de2.jpg)
![White History Month Tweet Arii @Young Trini Follow Stop. You sound like those white people who need a White History Month, White Entertainment Awards, Whiteout Day Pull Up Patriarch @My TweetsRealAF Say it loud!! I'm straight and I'm proud!! RETWEETS LIKES 2:20 PM - 29 Jun 2015](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/142/147/d70.jpg)
Developments
2016 Resurgence
On June 15th, 2016, Twitter user @_JackNForTweets[2] replied to a tweet asking why "straight" men and women attend gay pride parades, to which he encouraged homosexuals to join the "#HeterosexualPrideDay" celebration on June 29th (shown below).
![@_JackNForTweets 2016 Tweet Sam な 왔 Follow JackNForTweets For moral support. Same reason I'm encouraging gays to join the celebration on June 29th. #HeterosexualPrideDay Mac Ks A Mom @theMack_G Why do "straight" men and women go to the gay pride parades? RETWEETS LIKES 14 8 6:09 PM-15 Jun 2016](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/142/148/f0e.jpg)
On June 29th, several Twitter users revived the hashtag from 2015, with some tweets directed at enraging "social justice warriors" (shown below, left) while others appeared to earnestly promote heterosexuality as what "nature intended" (shown below, right).
![This triggers the SJW tweet by @realVivaEuropa Viva Europa @realVivaEuropa Follow This triggers the SJW Straight. White. Normal. SJWs don't like me#HeterosexualPrideDay 8:59 AM 29 Jun 2016 わ다 134 225](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/142/157/f81.jpg)
![Jess Lynn's "Union As Nature Intended" Tweet Jess Lynn 当Follow @WhitestRabbit #Heterosexual Pride Day Man & woman... A union as nature intended. 9:56 AM 29 Jun 2016 125雙251](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/142/153/adb.jpg)
Immediately after, other Twitter users began posting the hashtag with criticisms and jokes mocking the proposed holiday. Virginia-based news anchor Blaine Stewart posted an image macro about the origin of gay pride, noting that it was created to celebrate homosexuals "right to exist without prosecution" (shown below, left). That same morning, Lady Gaga tweeted a blank map of the world with the caption "in red are all the countries where it is illegal to be heterosexual" (shown below, right).[7] Within 24 hours, the tweets gained over 1,600 and 6,000 retweets respectively.
![Blaine Stewart Tweet GAY PRIDE WAS NOT BORN OUT OF A NEED TO CELEBRATE BEING GAY BUT INSTEAD OUR RIGHT TO EXIST WITHOUT PROSECUTION... SO MAYBE INSTEAD OF WONDERING WHY THERE ISN'T A STRAIGHT PRIDE MONTH OR MOVEMENT STRAIGHT PEOPLE SHOULD BE THANKFUL THEY DON'T NEED ONE 59 From LZ Granders Why isn'tthere Straight Pride month mmen Blaine Stewart @BlaineStewart Follow If you genuinely feel you need a #HeterosexualPrideDay, read this 7:20 AM 29 Jun 2016 わt3 1,677 , 1,701](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/142/152/d0c.jpg)
![Lady Gaga's Tweet Lady Gaga Follow @KingLadyGaga In red are all the countries where it is illegal to be heterosexual. Heartbreaking. ㊧0Ω #Heterosexual PrideDay RETWEETS LIKES 5,228 5,649 殽涵囧圖 Agar1 6:31 AM-29 Jun 2016](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/142/162/d93.jpg)
That evening, Twitter user @_JackNForTweets[6] tweeted that he created the hashtag as "satire," and urged those who disapproved of the holiday to contact him (shown below).
![JackNForTweets Satire Tweet Sam @_JackNForTweets Follow Yeah. This hashtag solidifies my satire as legendary 10:28 AM-29 Jun 2016 Sam @_JackNForTweets Follow As the official #HeterosexualPrideDay creator, direct all tweets of disapproval of this holiday to me and me only 7:17 PM 28 Jun 2016 Nash, TX, United States](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/142/154/41d.jpg)
News Media Coverage
In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the trending hashtag, including USA Today,[8] The Daily Caller,[9] The Huffington Post,[10] Salon,[11] NY Daily News[12] and BuzzFeed.[13]
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External References
[1] Twitter – #HeterosexualPrideDay
[2] Twitter – _JackNForTweets
[3] Twitter – @MrsFreedomFirst
[4] Twitter – #HeterosexualPrideDay
[5] Twitter – @MyTweetsRealAF
[6] Twitter – @_JackNForTweets
[7] Twitter – @KingLadyGaga
[8] USA Today – Why #HeterosexualPrideDay
[9] The Daily Caller – HeterosexualPrideDay Shows That No One Has Any Idea What Equality Means
[10] The Huffington Post – #HeterosexualPrideDay Is Trending
[11] Salon – The Internet is just embarrassing today
[12] NY Daily News – Happy Heterosexual Pride Day!
[13] BuzzFeed – #HeterosexualPrideDay Is Trending On Twitter
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