Straight Pride attracts a crowd of 2

[Behind the Aegis]

Pride events always attract out-of-town crowds, and today’s Straight Pride at Dallas City Hall Plaza was no exception. All two of the participants were here from Boston. Not even Teresa Stephens Richenberger from Liberty City, Texas, the local organizer with Protecting Our Next Generation, appeared at the event. About 20 protesters showed up at City Hall Plaza.

One of the two Boston participants claimed he was kicked out of his home as a teen and was fired from his job because he was straight.

The two organizers complained about fees the city was charging along with the permit that would have amounted to about $12,000. They were shocked to learn from Jayla Wilkerson, a city attorney and trans activist, that a proposed trans march had to be canceled because they were going to be charged the exact same fees.

Reacting to a statement by Richenberger on Facebook that cities that are run by Democrats don’t welcome free speech, Wilkerson suggested Dallas’ LGBT community stage a Pride parade in her city and see just how welcoming they are.

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[TexasTowelie]

1. I read that they were going to have the parade in Dallas

and the thought ran through my head to catch the bus and see what happened. It's probably for the best that I held onto the money even though I have a few friends in Dallas that I would like to see.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Complaining really makes them really appealing, eh? Maybe they'll listen to the parade attendees,

(two total, from Boston of all places and not from Dallas). Idiots. What does being kicked out of his home have to do w/ anything? I suspect that he was kicked out of his home and fired from his job because he is lazy (or worse) and because he is just incompetent. As usual, blaming everybody else but himself.

[PJMcK]

3. That's hilarious!

I guess the people of Dallas are more progressive than the two Bostonians ever knew.

The one idiot claims he was kicked out of his home as a teenager because (presumably) his parents wanted him to be gay? What the actual fuck?! And he claims he was fired because he wasn't gay? Unbelievable.

Imagine an upside-down world where those kind of things were real.

Good for Dallas.

[Odoreida]

5. "Straight pride" jackasses.

Really not worth bothering about except to point and laugh.

Those are not the dangerous homophobes like the ones in office.