Boise to Host “Heterosexual Awesomeness Fest” During Pride Month, Stirring National Debate

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Boise to Host “Heterosexual Awesomeness Fest” During Pride Month, Stirring National Debate

 

As LGBTQ+ Pride Month approaches, a new and controversial event is drawing national attention. A group called Hetero Awesome has announced plans to host the “Heterosexual Awesomeness Fest” in downtown Boise, Idaho, on June 20 and 21, 2025. The timing—during a month traditionally dedicated to honoring LGBTQ+ history and rights—has ignited discussion across the country.

 

According to a press release, the two-day festival will include “live music, food trucks, kid-friendly chaos, and hard-hitting talks.” On its website, the group emphasizes a strong ideological stance, stating, “This ain't your limp-wristed woke fest; it's a full-on celebration of family values with guts.” Although few logistical details or partnerships have been confirmed, organizers appear committed to making a cultural and political statement during a period that has come to symbolize the fight for LGBTQ+ rights.

 

 

The choice to hold the event in June is significant. Pride Month honors the Stonewall Inn riots of 1969, a pivotal moment in the LGBTQ+ rights movement. It is a time when parades, festivals, and events are held nationwide to celebrate identity and push back against discrimination. GLAAD, an LGBTQ+ media advocacy organization, recently reported that in 2024 there were an average of 2.5 anti-LGBTQ+ incidents per day, a rise attributed to the wave of new legislation targeting LGBTQ+ rights across several states.

 

Supporters of Pride Month argue that straight pride events are unnecessary, since heterosexual individuals do not face systemic discrimination based on their sexual orientation. “Pride exists because LGBTQ+ people have had to fight to be seen, heard, and treated equally,” said one advocate responding to the announcement online. “This sort of event completely misses the point.”

 

Critics of Pride, however, argue that the celebrations are exclusionary or politically driven. In recent years, companies like Bud Light and Target have faced backlash from conservative groups for participating in Pride Month campaigns. The announcement of a festival specifically for heterosexual pride echoes similar controversies seen in other parts of the country, though such events have often met with both protests and limited turnout.

 

Hetero Awesome describes its mission as aiming to “expose the anti-family agendas tearing at society’s core, arm the masses with clarity, and rally the brave to stand tall. No grift, no fancy cars, no padded pockets—just pure, unfiltered truth.” At present, it is unclear whether counter-protests or demonstrations are being planned in response to the Boise event.

 

Notably, Boise’s official Pride festival is not held in June but rather in September, meaning the Heterosexual Awesomeness Fest will not overlap with it directly. Still, the proximity to national Pride Month lends the event an undeniably provocative edge, one that is likely to continue fueling debate about free speech, inclusion, and the current cultural divide in the United States.

 

As Pride Month kicks off on June 1, 2025, the spotlight on LGBTQ+ rights—and the challenges facing the community—will remain sharp. Whether the Hetero Awesome event will gain traction or fizzle out remains to be seen, but the conversations it has sparked are unlikely to fade anytime soon.

 

Adpated by ASEAN Now from Newsweek  2025-04-23

 

 

[Jingthing]

Limp wristed?

They gave their trolling selves away.

Not a hetero pride fest.

A festival of ignorant homophobia.

But they're free to expose themselves as the vile bigots they are.

[impulse]

  On 4/23/2025 at 12:03 AM, Jingthing said:

Limp wristed?

They gave their trolling selves away.

Not a hetero pride fest.

A festival of ignorant homophobia.

But they're free to expose themselves as the vile bigots they are.

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Perhaps they're objecting to the fact that there are around 200 days marked on the calendar now to honor LGBT centric themes.  With more added every year or so.  They're feeling left out.

 

 

 

[Ralf001]

Finally, a group with some balls to stand up to the BBQ people nonsense.

[Jingthing]

  On 4/23/2025 at 12:17 AM, impulse said:

 

Perhaps they're objecting to the fact that there are around 200 days marked on the calendar now to honor LGBT centric themes.  With more added every year or so.  They're feeling left out.

 

 

 

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Every day is heterosexual dominance day. DUH.

If you don't see this event as intended to trash LGBT people already under great threat of diminished civil rights under the fascist Trump regime, you're not being honest

[Jingthing]

  On 4/23/2025 at 12:21 AM, Ralf001 said:

Finally, a group with some balls to stand up to the BBQ people nonsense.

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At least you're being honest. Nothing to do with hetero pride.

All about trashing LGBT people.

[cdemundo]

Passive aggressive hatefulness.

Sad really.

[impulse]

  On 4/23/2025 at 12:22 AM, Jingthing said:

Every day is heterosexual dominance day. DUH.

If you don't see this event as intended to trash LGBT people already under great threat of diminished civil rights under the fascist Trump regime, you're not being honest

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Maybe, but we didn't have a parade to celebrate it.  Now, they do.

 

Your syndrome is showing.  Again.

 

BTW, I'm looking forward to the time (coming soon) that there's 365 LGBTQ events on the calendar and they start fighting each other for recognition on "their day".

 

 

 

[Jingthing]

  On 4/23/2025 at 12:25 AM, impulse said:

 

Maybe, but we didn't have a parade to celebrate it.  Now, they do.

 

Your syndrome is showing.  Again.

 

BTW, I'm looking forward to the time (coming soon) that there's 365 LGBTQ events on the calendar and they start fighting each other for recognition on "their day".

 

 

 

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Snarky garbage. You can taste the hatred coming through the text.

[impulse]

  On 4/23/2025 at 12:33 AM, Jingthing said:

Snarky garbage. You can taste the hatred coming through the text.

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When I talk about the new LGBTQCOD+ trends with my gay friends, they're even more disgusted than I am.  It's giving them a bad name.  Living the life is fine.  Prancing around in cosplay, not so great.

 

 

 

[Tug]

Nothing wrong with being normal heterosexual im one myself no problem being proud of it.that being said this is just another sad attack on a minority of people who have enough problems without this nonsense.

[Airalee]

  On 4/23/2025 at 12:22 AM, Jingthing said:

Every day is heterosexual dominance day. DUH.

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You repeat this lie all the time and you wonder why people just. don’t. care. about what you have to say anymore.

 

Now stop being such a normal-phobe.

[Airalee]

  On 4/23/2025 at 12:38 AM, Tug said:

Nothing wrong with being normal heterosexual im one myself no problem being proud of it.that being said this is just another sad attack on a minority of people who have enough problems without this nonsense.

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it’s not an attack.  It’s a celebration!   Who doesn’t love a parade?

 

Of course, I can see where the gay community isn’t interested in people marching with their ass cheeks covered.

 

Bunch of normal-phobes 

[MalcolmB]

  On 4/23/2025 at 12:22 AM, Jingthing said:

Every day is heterosexual dominance day. DUH.

If you don't see this event as intended to trash LGBT people already under great threat of diminished civil rights under the fascist Trump regime, you're not being honest

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Homosexuality was illegal for centuries up until a few decades ago. It has generally only recently been legalized in most western countries, not so much others.

 

This is just more of the backlash, the tide has turned back the other way now. I wouldn’t be surprised in a couple of decades from now it is made illegal again.

 

For most of the history of mankind homosexuality has been frowned upon or illegal.

Many think the whole LGBTQIA+ experiment is now failing.

 

I think a lot of the reason that people have turned on them is that they are not discreet and show no regard for children, which isn’t surprising since most don’t have any so are are unaware how their behavior is viewed by mainstream. 

A bit more discretion might of helped their cause, no need to make a song a dance parade about it.

 

To a lot of people watching men kiss each other is off putting, and then of course is the buggery which is next level disturbing for a lot of people.

[hotsun]

Possibly unsafe. Should get some extra security there because leftists are insane

[bendejo]

They should make all the straight guys wear chaps with NO underpants, this way they can show they are not getting erections by looking at all those other guys' junk and butts.

 

[Harrisfan]

  On 4/23/2025 at 1:07 AM, MalcolmB said:

Homosexuality was illegal for centuries up until a few decades ago. It has generally only recently been legalized in most western countries, not so much others.

 

This is just more of the backlash, the tide has turned back the other way now. I wouldn’t be surprised in a couple of decades from now it is made illegal again.

 

For most of the history of mankind homosexuality has been frowned upon or illegal.

Many think the whole LGBTQIA+ experiment is now failing.

 

I think a lot of the reason that people have turned on them is that they are not discreet and show no regard for children, which isn’t surprising since most don’t have any so are are unaware how their behavior is viewed by mainstream. 

A bit more discretion might of helped their cause, no need to make a song a dance parade about it.

 

To a lot of people watching men kiss each other is off putting, and then of course is the buggery which is next level disturbing for a lot of people.

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Two women is hot

[Harrisfan]

  On 4/23/2025 at 12:42 AM, Airalee said:

not an attack.  It’s a celebration!   Who doesn’t love a parade?

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Parades are silly. 

[MalcolmB]

  On 4/23/2025 at 2:39 AM, Harrisfan said:

Two women is hot

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Of course and is the polar opposite and as a result was not illegal in most off the countries where man bum sex was outlawed.

[Harrisfan]

  On 4/23/2025 at 3:04 AM, MalcolmB said:

Of course and is the polar opposite and as a result was not illegal in most off the countries where man bum sex was outlawed.

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All adult sex should be legal. Let people be people. Bum sex is old school. Cave men would have done it.

[MalcolmB]

  On 4/23/2025 at 3:06 AM, Harrisfan said:

All adult sex should be legal. Let people be people. Bum sex is old school. Cave men would have done it.

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I am glad you enjoy it.

[Harrisfan]

  On 4/23/2025 at 3:08 AM, MalcolmB said:

I am glad you enjoy it.

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I dont do it. You seem bigoted. Holding inner feelings in?

[BritManToo]

  On 4/23/2025 at 3:06 AM, Harrisfan said:

All adult sex should be legal. Let people be people. Bum sex is old school. Cave men would have done it.

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Legal YES, publicly proclaimed NO.

[Harrisfan]

  On 4/23/2025 at 3:12 AM, BritManToo said:

Legal YES, publicly proclaimed NO.

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You go to beach. There's a gay couple 200m in water having sex. Do you watch or turn away?

[bkk6060]

Where can I get tickets sounds like a great event.  Lots of chicks I bet. Maybe an idea would be to have tents where heterosexuals can have sex.  People can sit and watch to celebrate their heterosexuality. 

[BritManToo]

  On 4/23/2025 at 3:16 AM, Harrisfan said:

You go to beach. There's a gay couple 200m in water having sex. Do you watch or turn away?

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My eyesight ain't that good, I can barely see the person sitting next to me.

[Harrisfan]

  On 4/23/2025 at 3:18 AM, BritManToo said:

My eyesight ain't that good, I can barely see the person sitting next to me.

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Get glasses

[BritManToo]

  On 4/23/2025 at 3:19 AM, Harrisfan said:

Get glasses

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That's with my glasses on.

[impulse]

  On 4/23/2025 at 1:28 AM, hotsun said:

Possibly unsafe. Should get some extra security there because leftists are insane

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Hey, there's a thought.  Maybe they should include a TESLA parade and smoke out even more violent lefties.

 

[Harrisfan]

  On 4/23/2025 at 3:18 AM, bkk6060 said:

Where can I get tickets sounds like a great event.  Lots of chicks I bet. Maybe an idea would be to have tents where heterosexuals can have sex.  People can sit and watch to celebrate their heterosexuality. 

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Yeah like Eyes Wide Shut