So I recently saw this shared on Facebook by a friend of mine:

[img]http://i.imgur.com/8yJTfc0.png[/img]

Now, I feel like I need to preface my point with the following:

	I believe that the LGBT community should be able to express pride
	I understand that the LGBT community has faced, and continues to face, greater persecution than heterosexuals 
	I believe that LGBT people are deserving of equal rights to heterosexuals

With this in mind, to me it seems that the above post is an attempt to shame heterosexuals from expressing any sort of pride of their own. Such shaming is made on the basis that as heterosexuals do not face adversity for their sexual orientation, they are not entitled to pride. That by allowing those viewed to be in the superior position to express pride for their own identity, it diminishes the importance of the LGBT movement.

The same can be seen with men and women. For example, in 2015 the University of York cancelled International men's day due to an open letter signed by staff, students and alumni. Such a letter was written under the impression that recognition of men's rights would not diminish the gap between genders, but would instead widen it. Again, such a belief is formed on the idea that the issues of men should not be recognised due to the perceived greater struggle faced by women. 

Source: [url]https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/nov/17/row-after-university-of-york-cancels-international-mens-day-event[/url]

To me, in both these cases it appears that those who are seen to be privileged within society face less adversity. As a result, this lack of adversity means that the issues of the privileged are not as important, and that they are not entitled to pride. This lack of importance then leads to permitted shaming. A heterosexual should feel ashamed for feeling proud of their sexuality, and should be discouraged from expressing such pride. Likewise, a man should feel ashamed for trying to draw attention to his own difficulties as those of the other gender are seen to far outweigh his own.

What do you guys think? Should straight men be able to feel happy with their gender or orientation and say as much, or should they instead keep quiet instead because they'd be drowning out the voices of other genders and orientations.