In an irreverent departure from the usual “Pride” celebrations, an Idaho bar is celebrating “Heterosexual Awesomeness” this June.
On the Old State Saloon Facebook page, the organizers’ message read: “Come join us all month to celebrate heterosexuals, for without them, none of us would be here!”
The discounts include “Hetero Male Monday”— a free draft beer to “any heterosexual male dressed like a heterosexual male.”
On Wednesdays, it’s “Duo Deal,” where each heterosexual couple will get a 15 percent deduction on their check.
On Thursdays, straight women can enjoy a happy hour on drinks in an offer known as “Her Hetero Happy Hour.”
After some commentators got upset, the Old State Saloon explained:
1) We love our LGBTQ+ patrons! 2) We will not be changing our mind and give into the group of those who are responding with vitriol. 3) ALL are welcome to come celebrate heterosexuality with us in June!
One poster wrote: “If you ‘love’ your LGBTQ+ patrons, prove it. Have a night for them too.”
But the bar responded:
We love our Black patrons too. We love our White patrons. We love our patrons who work for USPS. But we aren’t doing special nights for those people. Nor are we doing special nights for LGBTQ+.
We are choosing to celebrate heterosexuals. We should be able to do that without so many people being so nasty to us, lying about us, canceling us, attacking our business, and/or trying to get us to make something about themselves.
If you want us to change who we are celebrating, get over it. It’s not happening. Hooray for heterosexuals!
If the gay-rights movement was about equality, then mission accomplished! But “Pride month” and all the corporate power it wields is a reminder that, for some LGBTQ+ activists, the objective isn’t equality but total dominance.
Good for the Old State Saloon for having the audacity to puncture this inflated sacred cow, celebrating boring old straights in the month of June. It may prove a smart business move. Heterosexuals are, after all, most of the population.