{"id":1006,"date":"2014-07-28T14:16:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T14:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escort-england.com\/blog\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2024-03-21T11:22:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T11:22:20","slug":"straight-white-male-festival-good-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xescorts.com\/blog\/straight-white-male-festival-good-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;Straight White Male&#8217; Festival &#8211; Good or Bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An apparent &#8216;Straight White Guy&#8217; festival in Columbus, Ohio has caused a huge controversy on social media this week.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The poorly-spelled flyers invited people to &#8220;come and help us celabrate [sic] our enjoyment of being straight, white and male&#8221; at Goodale Park in Clintonville, Columbus, on September 20.<\/p>\n<p>The event made it clear that everyone was welcome, that beer would be provided, but drugs were banned.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"inline\">Real Or Fake?<\/h2>\n<p>This was seen by many as a homophobic backlash against a gay pride festival that had been held there last month. However, other see it as a hoax, with officials saying they have not received any request to hold the event.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xescorts.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/iStock_000022393935XSmall-e1391683764113.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xescorts.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/iStock_000022393935XSmall-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Man holds woman against Table\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whether is a real event or not, it did create a huge debate as to whether such an event should be allowed or not?<\/p>\n<p>Many people are really upset about it, claiming that every day is &#8216;Straight White Guy&#8217; day.<\/p>\n<p>However, others were claiming that that straight white people have the same right as the LGBT, and other minorities to celebrate who they are.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"inline\">My Opinion<\/h2>\n<p>I have to say, I agree with the latter argument. There is a massive difference between celebrating who you are, and having a go at people with different beliefs and alternative lifestyle choices. As a straight white male, I have the same right to be happy about who I am as any gay black person.<\/p>\n<p>Now I understand that these kind of things can be hijacked by bigots, in the same way that the English flag has been &#8216;stolen&#8217; by morons from, or supporting &#8216;Britain First&#8217;. It makes it hard to proclaim your pride in these kind of things, as people naturally suspect you are using it as a smokescreen for outdated, vile beliefs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xescorts.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/iStock_000009674659XSmall-e1391683619550.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xescorts.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/iStock_000009674659XSmall-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"couple drinking\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-52\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What I will not have is people saying I CAN&#8217;T be happy about who I am. Reading some of the posts on Twitter, you would think that people like me are the enemy of mankind, keeping everyone who is not like me down. I find people who think that equally as offensive as the people on the other side who dislike minorities.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"inline\">Be Who You Want To Be<\/h2>\n<p>For me, people can do what they want in life, as long as they are not hurting anyone else. If people want to go and see a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xescorts.com\/escort-search\/index.html?type=male&#038;location%5B%5D=london\" title=\"London male escorts\">London male escort<\/a>, fine. If they are straight and fancy seeing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xescorts.com\/escort-search\/index.html?type=female&#038;location%5B%5D=london\" title=\"London escort\">London female escort<\/a>, knock yourself out. Be happy about who you are, and don&#8217;t judge anyone else. <\/p>\n<p>No-one deserves to have people looking down on them. 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