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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBoston's 'Straight Pride Parade' is one step closer to happening
Earlier thread in the DU Massachusetts group: 'Straight Pride Parade' Organizers Say Application and Route Approved by City of Boston
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Source: CNN
Boston's 'Straight Pride Parade' is one step closer to happening
By Emanuella Grinberg and Konstantin Toropin, CNN
Updated 0112 GMT (0912 HKT) June 28, 2019
(CNN) Efforts to hold a "Straight Pride Parade" in Boston are one step closer to becoming reality.
City officials said the organizers' public event application was approved Thursday, the first step toward receiving a permit for the parade.
Next, organizers need the approval of police district captains and the licensing board to receive a parade permit and an entertainment license.
Critics panned the idea as homophobic when the group Super Happy Fun America announced its intention to hold the parade. But the group's president, John Hugo, told CNN the event is "not anti-gay but pro-straight," adding that a groundswell of support is building around it.
More than 350 volunteers have joined the effort and Milo Yiannopoulos is slated as the grand marshal, he said. The permit says 2,000 attendees are expected.
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By Emanuella Grinberg and Konstantin Toropin, CNN
Updated 0112 GMT (0912 HKT) June 28, 2019
(CNN) Efforts to hold a "Straight Pride Parade" in Boston are one step closer to becoming reality.
City officials said the organizers' public event application was approved Thursday, the first step toward receiving a permit for the parade.
Next, organizers need the approval of police district captains and the licensing board to receive a parade permit and an entertainment license.
Critics panned the idea as homophobic when the group Super Happy Fun America announced its intention to hold the parade. But the group's president, John Hugo, told CNN the event is "not anti-gay but pro-straight," adding that a groundswell of support is building around it.
More than 350 volunteers have joined the effort and Milo Yiannopoulos is slated as the grand marshal, he said. The permit says 2,000 attendees are expected.
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Boston's 'Straight Pride Parade' is one step closer to happening (Original Post)
Eugene
Jun 2019
OP
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)1. Milo is gay. Milo is a piece of shit.
Fuck his nonsense.
Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)2. Consider
Chasten Buttigieg
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@Chas10Buttigieg
Questions you may want to ask yourself before organizing an identity based parade:
Is it/ was it ever legal for me to be jailed for my identity?
Can I be denied housing/health services because of how I identity?
Is it legal to kill me in other countries for how I identify?
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)3. I'm sure all 50 people they get to attend will have a great time. n/t
Eugene
(61,805 posts)5. Especially when tens of thousands of counter-protesters are there to greet them.
The alt-right Boston "Free Speech" Rally shows what is likely to happen, unless the completely chicken out.
IHaveNoName
(94 posts)4. I'm not sure Mr. Hugo understands
...how bizarre it is that his Straight Guy Parade will have a very homosexual grand marshal.
I'm sure the dozens of people who will show up will be very confused.