Chris Evans Hits Back at 'Straight Pride Parade' With Epic Tweet
A group in Boston has announced that they are hosting a "Straight Pride" Parade. In response to a Wall Street Journal article about the news, Marvel star Chris Evans reacted to the proposed event on Twitter, as reported by E! News. He wrote:
"Wow! Cool initiative, fellas!! Just a thought, instead of 'Straight Pride' parade, how about this: The ‘desperately trying to bury our own gay thoughts by being homophobic because no one taught us how to access our emotions as children' parade?' Whatta ya think? Too on the nose??"
Wow! Cool initiative, fellas!! Just a thought, instead of ‘Straight Pride’ parade, how about this: The ‘desperately trying to bury our own gay thoughts by being homophobic because no one taught us how to access our emotions as children’ parade? Whatta ya think? Too on the nose?? https://t.co/gaBWtq2PaL
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) June 5, 2019
The Captain America star is originally from Boston, and because he has a brother who is gay, this isn't the first time Evans has spoken out in defense of the LGBTQ community.
Evans also tweeted today in response to a post by James Fell concerning Boston's parade.
Wow, the number gay/straight pride parade false equivalencies are disappointing. For those who don’t understand the difference, see below. Instead of going immediately to anger(which is actually just fear of what you don’t understand)take a moment to search for empathy and growth https://t.co/e98K0Z150T
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) June 5, 2019
Fans rallied around the Avengers: Endgame star and praised him for speaking out. Evans had previously shared that his support for his brother and the LGBTQ community has never received as much backlash as it has now, after the most recent election.
In an interview from 2016, Evans said: "We're obviously in tricky times right now. But up until this election, I've never felt any sort of backlash or friction as a result of the stance I've taken in my career in support of [my brother] or any other human rights… Hopefully it stays that way going forward."
We love Evans' Twitter activity and hope he continues to stick up for what he believes is right.
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