[Marcus]

Concepts such as ‘Gay Pride,’ ‘Black Pride,’ ‘Brown Pride,’ etc., exist because they are a means for minority groups to become unified under the same differences for which they are mistreated by the mainstream. ‘Straight Pride,’ ‘White Pride,’ etc., are unnecessary because society as a whole celebrates these values every day. Television programs – even commercials – represent straight, white, thin, wealthy people in far greater numbers than they do any outside of this ‘invisible norm.’ Nobody ever comments if you’re white, thin, male, young, heterosexual, Christian, able-bodied or financial secure. It’s when you don’t fit these norms that you are singled out: ‘that black guy,’ the fat chick,’ ‘the Jew,’ ‘the bum,’ ‘the lesbo’ or whatever else makes you stand out from the majority.

Gay Pride and other celebratory groups exist so that people who are different can fight the ‘invisible norm’ by saying that, even though we’re different, that doesn’t make us less valuable, less important or deserve anything less than the invisible majority. For a heterosexual to advocate his or her ‘straight pride,’ when society at large already does, is simply redundant.

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Name : Marcus, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Gay, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, Age : 28, City : Long Beach, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : event planner, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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