Outspoken conservative Hollywood actor James Woods has gone viral for drawing attention to all of America’s LGBT-related holidays.
In an X post published on Thursday, he noted that there are at least 30 such holidays in any given year, ranging from Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week in late February to International LGBTQ+ Day on June 28th.
View his post below:
Be sure to update your calendar. pic.twitter.com/ZiMc0qISY6
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) October 19, 2023
Note that some holidays cover just a day or week, while others cover an entire month. Take for instance LGBT History Month in October.
Note also that, in the case of LGBT History Month, there are multiple sub-holidays within that holiday itself, including International Lesbian Day, National Coming Out Day, Genderfluid Visibility Week, etc.
The list of LGBT-themed holidays spurred both angry criticism and some mockery.
Look:
Where is normal heterosexual adult day?
— Amy G ☀️❄️ (@AmyG5678) October 20, 2023
October 31st is also a big day for people pretending to be something they aren’t.
— Garry Stanley (@decathlongs87) October 19, 2023
And yet we only get TWO days a year for veterans, one for live vets and one for dead vets.
— Ruben D. Sanchez Jr (@rdsanchezjr) October 19, 2023
WTF is a Lesbian Visibility Day and how is it different from an International Lesbian Day?
Oh never mind… don’t really care
— Cheryl MAGA Trump2024 (@cheryleliz) October 19, 2023
My God. At this rate, we should just make the whole year one big holiday celebrating mental disorders and sexual deviance. Pretty much already is from the looks of it.
— -Factor ⚖ (@Justice_4_AII) October 19, 2023
Nah. I don’t see anything there worth celebrating. I mostly just celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas, as I cook for and gather with my children and grandchildren. And our town puts up flags for our fallen soldiers on Memorial Day with their names.
— Smith13Darlene (@Smith13Darlene) October 19, 2023
I’m surprised they don’t already have an approved Woke celebrity reading the list.
First with solemn reverence, gradually adding sadness and tears so that by the end the speaker is a shattered victim as “they” say Remembrance.
Oh no- I just wrote a new Trans Video.— NC ShangriLa (@NCShangriLa) October 19, 2023
Quite a few X users also wondered why there aren’t any holidays for … wait for it … straight people.
Look:
Where is straight peoples day?
— RJ1979 (@RJ1979_) October 19, 2023
Where is heterosexual Day celebration?
— MRD (@Notadamndem) October 20, 2023
Where is normal heterosexual adult day?
— Amy G ☀️❄️ (@AmyG5678) October 20, 2023
I stop celebrating a persons sexual choice, Still waiting for the day we get one month for being heterosexual since there are more of us
— Glenda George (@GlendaGeor57308) October 19, 2023
My wife just asked me: “Who comes up with this $hit?” It’s a good question. Is there an international board of “day” approvers? Why can’t we just declare June 9th as “international Heterosexual Day”? Do we have a vagina, testical, or penis day established? Asking for a friend.
— Tim Terry (@TimTerry) October 21, 2023
Please tell me this is a joke. Who can make these designations anyway? I can declare April 15th – pay taxes day
April 16 – pay your mother day
April 30 – National White Women’s Day
May 2 – National Mothers Whose Son Died
May 3 – National Heterosexual Day— KyWoman (@Srhoover2) October 20, 2023
But it’s not just that the LGBT community evidently needs more holidays than everybody else. It’s also that regular holidays apparently trigger them.
“The holiday season can be especially triggering for many people, but LGBTQ people are more likely than their non-LGBTQ counterparts to experience stress, anxiety and depression during this time of the year,” an NBC News report from 2018 reads.
“Research shows that LGBTQ people are more likely to experience these symptoms year round, but numerous mental health providers say that the holiday season, especially returning home for the holidays, can exacerbate these symptoms,” it continues.
So not only do they need special holidays for just themselves, but they also need special attention and care on regular holidays.
“During the holiday season, I notice that many of my LGBTQ clients have even more difficulty handling the challenges they face in their daily lives and the negative impacts of these challenges, such as stigma and rejection, are much more acute,” TJ Walsh, a psychotherapist, “explained” to NBC News.
“While experiences vary by individual, most of my LGBTQ and non-binary identifying clients report similar feelings of tension and stress during the holiday season,” psychologist Dr. Logan Jones added.
“Common struggles range from anxiety and depression, to feelings of rejection for freely expressing their authentic selves. For these clients, going home for the holidays is not always a time of bliss, but a painful reminder of moments of their ‘otherness’ within their families,” he continued.
There are 12 federal holidays a year
-There are 9 Christian holidays a year
-There are 115 LGBT holidays a yearConclusion: When there are 10x more special days a year praising the sexualities of the most celebrated group in America rather than the nation or religion,
— austin erasmus (@lutherasmus1517) October 19, 2023
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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