straight persons guide to pride

Reading Time: 4 minutes June is finally here if you didn’t know it’s LGBTQ pride month. It’s a month where suddenly you see a lot more rainbow motifs, drag queens in the daylight, and ad campaigns with two women kissing. Pride is nothing new, most likely you’ve been to a few parades. However, as June Pride makes its way into the mainstream media and normalized as a month-long party holiday, as straight people it never hurts to reflect on what this month means to you and more importantly what it means to LGBTQ people everywhere. Here are a handful of guidelines for all you well-meaning hets out there to make it through pride month as an ally and not a total ass.