The circumstances behind Pride are different to the enforcement of religion. Pride started out as a protest against homophobia, biphobia, transphobia etc. It was, and still is, a fight to be accepted, not a bid for attention. This is why Straight Pride is unnecessary. Being straight doesn't put people at a social disadvantage, so straight people don't have to battle institutionalised oppression. (Well, they obviously do if they belong to another minority group, but in that case, their problems don't stem from their heterosexuality.)

I get where people are coming from about the louder side of the LGBTQ+ community. There are queer people who say the loudmouths set back the cause. The problem is, we're constantly expected to be silent, and some people try to defy this by going too far in the other direction. How far is too far, though? It's tricky, to say the least. I mean, I'm not going to do sexual things in public, but I'm open about being bisexual. It's only one part of me, but it's still a part, and yes, I'm struggling to find a balance between downplaying it and overemphasising it.

It would just be nice for my girlfriend and I to be able to hold hands without being scared. It would be great not to be worried about mentioning that I have a girlfriend, and for people not to assume I'm just confused or indecisive. But, sadly, society is still prejudiced against LGBTQ+ people, and while that prejudice still exists, some form of protest is going to have to happen.