{"id":2442221,"date":"2025-06-03T11:22:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sanity-is-returning-blue-citys-pride-month-cancelled-due-to-insufficient-interest\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T11:26:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:26:43","slug":"sanity-is-returning-blue-citys-pride-month-cancelled-due-to-insufficient-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sanity-is-returning-blue-citys-pride-month-cancelled-due-to-insufficient-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanity Is Returning: Blue City&#8217;s Pride Month Cancelled Due to Insufficient Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsanity-is-returning-blue-citys-pride-month-cancelled-due-to-insufficient-interest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2442221&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the cancellation of a Pride Season Kickoff event in boise, Idaho, which was intended to increase LGBTQ+ visibility and serve as a precursor to the main Boise Pride celebration in September. Despite anticipated strong online interest, the event was scrapped due to low attendance.The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-threatens-arrests-for-hamas-supporters-as-thousands-of-pro-palestine-protesters-flood-streets\/\" title=\"UK warns of arrests for Hamas backers as pro-Palestine crowds surge.\">organizers expressed<\/a> hopes to revisit the event in the future, citing a desire for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-department-swamped-after-offering-gas-for-guns-buyback\/\" title=\"Police Department Swamped After Offering \u2018Gas For Guns\u2019 Buyback\">community participation<\/a> to facilitate new initiatives. The author critiques the disconnect between the organizers&#8217; optimism and the reality of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-texas-bill-that-prohibits-social-media-censorship-is-a-mess\/\" title=\"The Texas Bill That Prohibits Social Media Censorship Is a Mess\">community interest<\/a>, suggesting that their perception might potentially be influenced by an insular echo chamber.The article touches on broader themes of public sentiment regarding LGBTQ+ events, hinting at a backlash against perceived &#8220;wokeness&#8221; and discussions around diversity and inclusion in the context of changing political attitudes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s good to finally be at place when you hear &ldquo;Pride Month&rdquo; and &ldquo;cancellation&rdquo; and don&rsquo;t immediately think, &ldquo;Which Christian got fired this time?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, it&rsquo;s a blue city in a red state nixing its kickoff to the season of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >rainbow-hued corporate logos<\/a> on social media and grooming parades, all because of a lack of interest.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Pride Season Kickoff, initially scheduled for June 6, has been canceled due to insufficient attendance, despite strong online enthusiasm,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/idahonews.com\/news\/local\/boise-pride-season-kickoff-canceled-due-to-low-attendance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KBOI-TV<\/a> reported on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The event was intended to enhance LGBTQ+ visibility and community connection in June, serving as a precursor to the main Boise Pride celebration in September.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ll leave aside why Boise&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/european-union-considers-using-nuclear-option-member-nation-banned-lgbt-pride-parades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">main &ldquo;Pride&rdquo; celebration<\/a> was in September, since I neither know nor care enough to find out; you can Google it on your own time if you feel the need for an answer to a question less important than &ldquo;Is the state of Wisconsin eating enough spinach?&rdquo; (That being said, I&rsquo;ve heard about being a day or two late on a belated birthday  to someone, but what does it say when a blue city can&rsquo;t even throw its annual LGBT shindig within two months of the actual month activists have allotted to &ldquo;Pride&rdquo;?)<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ll also leave aside the fact that, when it comes to the issue of &ldquo;strong online enthusiasm,&rdquo; that&rsquo;s very much a[[<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Citation_needed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citation needed<\/a>]statement on the part of KBOI. I&rsquo;m again not part of the Boise online community, but I don&rsquo;t imagine there being a groundswell of city residents posting on Instagram, saying stuff like, &ldquo;We need more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leather-underwear-drag-king-parents-challenging-books-pushing-sex-kindergarteners-get-supreme-court-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gyrating leather-clad men<\/a> with aviator sunglasses and handlebar mustaches sauntering around downtown Boise NOW!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I&rsquo;d like to point to the level of delusion from the organizers, who said they&rsquo;d use the opportunity to &ldquo;reflect, reset, and come back stronger&rdquo; &mdash; yet gave every indication they weren&rsquo;t going to do any such thing:<\/p>\n<p><em>Organizers expressed their commitment to expanding Pride in Boise, emphasizing the need for active community participation to bring new events to life. &ldquo;We know the desire for more Pride programming is real &mdash; we hear it constantly,&rdquo; they said. However, they noted that early community buy-in is crucial for the success of events outside the flagship festival. &hellip;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&ldquo;We still believe in the idea behind the Pride Season Kickoff, and we hope to revisit it in the future,&rdquo; they said, inviting the community to stand with them and help grow the Pride movement in Boise.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>These are exactly the same people who woke up on the morning of Nov. 6, 2024, saw that Kamala Harris had lost every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-corrupted-software-that-stole-6000-votes-from-trump-in-michigan-county-shut-down-for-two-hours-in-red-counties-in-georgia-on-election-day\/\" title=\"Update: Corrupted Software that Stole 6,000 Votes From Trump in Michigan County -- Shut Down for TWO HOURS in Red Counties in Georgia on Election Day\">swing state<\/a> and underperformed nationally, and asked themselves: &ldquo;Are we the problem?&rdquo; And within a minute, they answered it: &ldquo;No, it&rsquo;s the bigots. We&rsquo;ve got to try harder at lecturing them even harder.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Of course these shameful buffoons think that the &ldquo;desire for more Pride programming is real &mdash; we hear it constantly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Breaking: If you stand inside an echo chamber, you will hear only yourself, only in a slightly different voice. Film at 11.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the rest of us &mdash; either conservatives and Christians who stayed quiet, or those who were in the middle and were unsure about these sorts of things &mdash; went along with being told our kids had to have propaganda shoved in their faces about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disturbing-chant-breaks-nyc-drag-march-coming-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stonewall riots<\/a> at public school, and lugged out to &ldquo;Pride parades&rdquo; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/drag-right-kevin-bacon-berated-posting-cringe-fundraising-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drag Queen Story Hour<\/a> if we were to&nbsp;<em>really<\/em> fight bigotry.<\/p>\n<p>You&rsquo;re not bringing your kid? You object to that curriculum? <em>Oh<\/em>. You must be&nbsp;<em>one of those<\/em> people.<\/p>\n<p>Well, the election on Nov. 5 was supposed to be razor-thin. It wasn&rsquo;t. And one of the reasons why was that people were sick of the wokeness.<\/p>\n<p>They weren&rsquo;t going to pretend anymore. The emperor never had any clothes, and at &ldquo;Pride parades&rdquo; they didn&rsquo;t even have to pretend because most of the marchers were almost naked anyway. (But bring the kids!)<\/p>\n<p>Now, the only people who think that &ldquo;the desire for more Pride programming is real&rdquo; are living in an alternate reality where it&rsquo;s perpetually Nov. 4, 2024, Kamala is going to hold the blue wall and sweep the Sun Belt swing states, and Tim Walz will put in an appearance at the Boise Pride Season Kickoff because the administration wants him as far away from the capital and cameras as possible, but there aren&rsquo;t as many LGBT-centric events in Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>Sanity is returning, people, slowly but surely. If you need any more evidence, just look here.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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KBOI-TV reported that the event, meant to boost LGBTQ+ visibility and community connection in June ahead of the main Boise Pride celebration in September, was called off for insufficient attendance. While I won&#8217;t delve into why Boise&#8217;s primary Pride event is scheduled for September-it&#8217;s not worth my time-I do find it curious that a blue city can&#8217;t manage its annual LGBT celebration within two months of the designated Pride month. <\/p>\n<p>Moreover, KBOI&#8217;s claim of &#8220;strong online enthusiasm&#8221; seems questionable; I doubt there&#8217;s a significant number of residents clamoring for more flamboyant displays downtown. The organizers appear delusional as they express hopes to &#8220;reflect, reset, and come back stronger,&#8221; despite showing no signs of doing so. They insist on their commitment to expanding Pride events but acknowledge that early community support is essential for success outside the main festival.<\/p>\n<p>These are likely the same individuals who will question their approach after disappointing election results while blaming external factors rather than reflecting on their own strategies. The notion that there&#8217;s widespread demand for more Pride programming seems disconnected from reality; those inside an echo chamber only hear what they want.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, many people-whether conservative or undecided-have grown weary of being pressured into supporting agendas like public school curricula focused on historical events such as Stonewall or participating in parades under duress. The recent elections revealed discontent with wokeness; voters are no longer willing to pretend everything is fine when it isn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Now only those living in an alternate reality believe there&#8217;s genuine demand for increased Pride programming. Slowly but surely, sanity appears to be returning; just look at the evidence around us<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2442222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pride-Parade.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[56444,56446,38524,32993,56445],"class_list":["post-2442221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-blue-city-2","tag-cancelled-events","tag-community-events","tag-pride-month","tag-sanity-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pride-Parade.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442221"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2442225,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442221\/revisions\/2442225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2442222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}