Because heterosexuals need to fear walking down the street and getting attacked for holding hands, there is now #HeterosexualPrideDay

One Twitter user decided that today, Wednesday 29 June, would be heterosexual Pride day so that they don’t feel excluded from the Pride month festivities.

What the ill-informed person does not seem to realise is that by being heterosexual one is already treated by Western society as equal (although recent xenophobic behaviour following #Brexit might call even this into question).

Let the Twitterazi have at it:

One Twitter user says the only #HeterosexualPrideDay was twenty two years ago, when Simba was born.

There is only one #HeterosexualPrideDay and it was 22 years ago pic.twitter.com/iK7ncEXoNf

— Marc (@MarcSnetiker) June 29, 2016

Another jibes at the conventional wisdom that wearing an ear piercing in your left ear makes you not gay.

When I was young I had my left ear pierced and everyone made fun of me and called me "straight". . #HeterosexualPrideDay

— Back2Stonewall.com – Will Kohler (@BACK2STONEWALL) June 29, 2016

Here we have the official #HeterosexualPrideDay dates announced:

https://twitter.com/yorkshireprobs/status/748137456990588928

Zara in New York highlights the fact that heterosexual people can walk down the street without getting harassed or beaten because of their sexuality.

Today is #heterosexualpride day! It must be SO alienating to walk down the street without getting harassed, beaten up and jumped! #icanteven

— Zara Barrie (@FactoryGrrrl) June 29, 2016

Another Twitter user is glad that “straights” can show affection in public and tie the knot.

So apparently it's #heterosexualpride day today. So glad us straights can finally display affection in public and get married.

— Machine Gun Terry (@LibrisRex) June 29, 2016

The Awkward Yeti likens the creator of the hashtag to the kid who cries at someone else’s party because nobody brought them a present.

#heterosexualprideday must have been created by the kid that cries when he doesn't get a present during someone else's birthday party

— the Awkward Yeti (Nick Seluk) (@theawkwardyeti) June 29, 2016

Here’s a map of the world, with all of the countries in which being straight can get you killed highlighted in red. What’s that, observant reader? None of them are red?

https://twitter.com/thefinaIgoodbye/status/748183059950886913

This next one speaks for itself – press play.

https://twitter.com/soulesssniper/status/748077762917851136

And finally, this tweet sums up in an easily understood way, why we needed gay pride.

It reads: “Gay Pride was not born out of a need to celebrate being gay, but instead our right to exist without prosecution… So maybe instead of wondering why there isn’t a straight pride month or movement, straight people should be thankful they don’t need on.”

In response to #HeterosexualPrideDay…
(Retweet if you agree.) pic.twitter.com/aF3cGFWwDx

— Matt Stout-McKnight (@MattStout07) June 29, 2016

Whether #HeterosexualPrideDay was created without the intent of belittling the Pride movement or not, those who are spreading the message of heterosexual pride should have a look at the hardship suffered by the LGBT community before they take it any further.