'Straight pride' parade draws marchers, protesters

BOSTON — Several dozen marchers and about as many counter-demonstrators gathered in Boston for a "straight pride" parade.

A group called Super Happy Fun America announced the parade as Boston celebrated LGBTQ Pride Month earlier this summer.

The organizers said they believe straight people are an oppressed majority.

The parade, slated to start noon Saturday at Copley Plaza, was to travel through major downtown streets before ending with a rally at City Hall Plaza.

Police were deployed along the parade route and were using metal detectors and conducting bag checks.

Among the scheduled speakers was a leader of the Proud Boys, which the Anti-Defamation League described as an "extremist conservative group."