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Idaho bar celebrates "Heterosexual Awesomeness Month" with free beer for straight men

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (17 children)

Honestly, I'd love to have more healthy representation of straights.

We never went anywhere, we are the majority, and most of us here in Gen X and Gen Z have nothing against LGBTQ+ people.

Yet when we see any hetero activism, it's mostly about screwing LGBTQ+ people over, not showing the beauty and variety of hetero relationships, which is not only the traditional nuclear family.

This skews many people's perception of what hetero relationships are and/or allowed to be. There is so much in there, all sorts of dynamics, all sorts of approaches, a beautiful spectre of whatever it can be.

And this is something to be celebrated - along with the beauty and awesomeness of LGBTQ+, not as an opposition.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd love to have more healthy representation of straights.

Yeah because as a group, us straight people are REALLY underrepresented! 🙄

There might be a lot of unhealthy representation of the worst straight people, but by pure amount there's MUCH more healthy representation of straight people than everyone else because there's just so many times more of ALL kinds of representation!

We never went anywhere, we are the majority

And are extremely privileged.

most of us here in Gen X and Gen Z have nothing against LGBTQ+ people.

What's up with the millennial erasure? If anything, our ratio of allies to bigots is better than that of Gen X

Yet when we see any hetero activism, it's mostly about screwing LGBTQ+ people over

Because we don't need any hetero activism. We're already extremely privileged compared to everyone else. The ones that think hetero activism is necessary are mostly homophobes with a victim complex who think that "the gays are taking over" or some such bullshit.

not showing the beauty and variety of hetero relationships

Again, just watch the vast majority of depictions of relationships. The representation is not just there, it's overabundant to the point of exclusion and othering of LGBTQ+ people. That's the norm.

This skews many people's perception of what hetero relationships are and/or allowed to be

Bullshit. There's tons of representation of every type of hetero relationship in the world. It's not all either married people with 2.4 children and a golden retriever or LGBTQ+ people.

There is so much in there, all sorts of dynamics, all sorts of approaches, a beautiful spectre of whatever it can be.

All of which is receiving much more representation than LGBTQ+ people are, without bigoted LGBTQ+ people complaining every time.

And this is something to be celebrated - along with the beauty and awesomeness of LGBTQ+, not as an opposition.

Again, it is. Constantly. It's effectively Straight Pride month 11 months of the year everywhere. Us straight people are NOT being deprived.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have to agree. There are proportionally fewer representations of healthy "straight" relationships. Basically identifying as straight restricts you to a narrow spectrum of toxic or abusive relationships.

Most people who actually like eachother don't put much emphasis on identifying as straight. They just like the person they are with.

I propose a new category: non-straight hetero. You are attracted to the opposite sex, but not in a straight way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The word "straight" is pretty blurry to begin with.

Does it refer to the highly traditional hetero relationships? Is it trans-exclusive? Can the female-led relationship be straight? Is polygamy straight? I feel like the answer will depend on the person.

The word is often used and abused by the conservatives, which may alter its perception. The word "heterosexual", on its hand, is pretty strictly defined.

As such, the meaning of "non-straight heterosexual" also alters depending on context, which adds to the confusion. It's a bit of a mess.

Personally, I refer to myself as "straight" simply for the sake of brevity, even though I am a trans-inclusive heterosexual male into FLR, which many wouldn't define as "straight".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Wow. This is... wow. OK, look... I like the sentiment, the idea that healthy relationships in general should be depicted more often, but can you name the last ten shows or movies you watched that feature healthy depictions of LGBTQ+ relationships? I can, because those depictions are so rare they stand out. I can't name the last ten shows or movies I watched with straight relationships in them, because that's literally all of them. Yes, including the ones that also depicted LGBTQ+ relationships.

There needs to be more healthy representation of relationships. But specifically straight ones? Nah... We're saturated with those enough already.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

They should make up 7% - 10% of all such representations, right? I think I have seen that many, but I mostly watch nerdy youtube stuff, where the presenter’s sexuality is either not mentioned or several instances of them undergoing a gender transition, which is noticeable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

That's a good take; I'm just not always competent enough to see similar flaws in depictions of LGBTQ+ relationships, but I can absolutely imagine it is true.

Let's put it this way: all relationship depictions, straight or gay, should stop pushing a certain model or expectation.

I just know and see it firsthand from the side of straights, which is why I focus on it so much, but I'm open to discussions on how it is on the LGBTQ+ camp.

Healthy representation matters a lot to shape societies we all want to live in.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

has Nathan for You been renewed and this is the first I'm hearing about it?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I guess it's your business, if you want your bar to lose money, that's your choice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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[–] Cracks_InTheWalls 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Bring a gay homie to this place and treat it like a two for one promotion.

Note: You are probably going to have to be willing to throw down/draw for your gay homie. Edit: Reading more it's probably just best to not patronize this place at all.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

This would be great if it was a gay bar doing it. A hetero day, welcome your brothers, lol.

A straight day at a straight guy bar is straight nonsense though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I'd imagine a bar that would come up with a rule like that would already have a predominantly straight male demographic. That's a lot of free beer...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

https://youtu.be/mJGjwqWqObU

These ads ran on national TV back in the day and no heterosexuals were harmed.

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