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Of course it was. There's a subsection of people who want to divide the folks who believe in things like men's mental health, and also pride. You can do both. You should do both. Trying to move mental health month to overlap with pride is agitprop. Trying to make this a pride versus men issue, or a mental health versus men's mental health issue, is coordinated nonsense. Don't let them do that to you.
Advocate for mental health, and men's mental health, every day. Celebrate mental health month, and include your male friends, like I do. But don't let someone try and define men's mental health specifically to overlap with something else, something that right-wing, manosphere assholes will tell you is bad.
Edited to add: I think part of the problem is that folks don't seem to keep these things in their calendars or in their minds, and just react to 'whatever month' when they see image macros. Next year I'll try and post memes about mental health awareness month during May. I'm not as good at advocating online as I am in person- I usually use the internet to unwind and shitpost and pick fights when my meds wear off. I'll try and do better.