Men's Mental Health Month vs. Pride Month--Another False Flag from the Right Wing

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Don’t Fall for the Deflection

The right wing media machine loves whataboutisms, so it’s only natural that they react to any holiday or observance for 2SLGBTQIA+ people by pushing an alternative narrative.

You remember their Transgender Day of Visibility vs. Easter bullshit, right? In case you don’t, Transgender Day of Visibility (a static date holiday set for March 31st every year) coincided with Easter (a lunar holiday that changes dates each year) in 2024, so Fox, OAN, Newsmax, and all the usual right wing provocateurs pushed a narrative that the tr***ies were trying to kill G-d or whatever.

Pride Month always gets a special edition deflection, in addition to their perennial use of “what about the troops?!” This year, conservatives learned that Men’s Mental Health Month is also each June, so they’re getting their panties in a twist and spamming Pride Month social posts with assertions that it isn’t Pride Month, it’s Men’s Mental Health Month.

Caring about people and the specific challen…