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straight pride

straight pride noun: a display of pride in one's heterosexuality, as a reactionary movement to gay pride.

Noun

straight pride (uncountable)

  1. A display of pride in one's heterosexuality, as a reactionary movement to gay pride.
    • At least one Tea Party rally took heat from the gay community and human rights groups for allowing the sale of straight pride clothing and paraphernalia.2010, Erin McHugh, Coffee, Tea, or Kool-Aid: Which Party Politics Are You Swallowing?, →ISBN, →OCLC
    • After being arrested and humiliated for being straight, Owen organizes a Straight Pride Parade for himself and others to come out of the closet.2015, Vincent Terrace, Internet Lesbian and Gay Television Series, 1996–2014, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 66

Examples of straight pride in a sentence

  • In June, a group calling itself Super Happy Fun America announced it was planning a Straight Pride Parade in Boston.2019 July 1, Nico Lang, “The distraction of Straight Pride, as explained by LGBTQ activists and historians”, in Vox News, archived from the...
  • Many of those who seized the opportunity to mock Straight Pride and its appropriately drab flag were, unsurprisingly, queer, yet a sizable number of straight people could also be found in the fray.2019 October 9, Asa Seresin, “On Heteropessimism”, in The New Inquiry, New York, N.Y.: The New Inquiry, Inc.:

Origin of straight pride

Coined modelled on gay pride.

Questions about straight pride

What does straight pride mean?
Straight pride means a display of pride in one's heterosexuality, as a reactionary movement to gay pride.
How do you use straight pride in a sentence?
In June, a group calling itself Super Happy Fun America announced it was planning a Straight Pride Parade in Boston.
What part of speech is straight pride?
Straight pride is a noun.

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