Straight pride, which has lived for years on the fringes of social media, has struggled to catch on analogous movements like men’s-rights activism and white nationalism, both of which have inspired acts of terrorism, are far better known.Įven among those at the parade, motivations varied.
(This is less true of transgender rights.) Polling by the Pew Research Centre shows that almost two-thirds of Americans, including nearly half of Republicans, now support gay marriage. Debates over gay rights have largely taken a back seat in the current round of America’s culture wars, compared with issues of race and gender.