BlazeTV host Lauren Chen condemned Pride Month on the latest episode of her online show, Pseudo-Intellectual Live. During an interview with fellow BlazeTV personality Auron MacIntyre, Chen said she wanted America to “be on the list of countries where it is not socially acceptable to signal support for pride” — alongside Saudi Arabia and Yemen, where homosexuality is criminalized

Referring to Pride Month as “Hell Month,” Chen complained that her birthday falls in June and that the pro-LGBTQ celebrations put “a damper on it.” But she said that “this year pride seems to be a little more subdued than it has been previously,” and asked MacIntyre why he believes that is.

MacIntyre blamed backlash after last year’s mass shooting at a parochial elementary school in Nashville, TN that left six dead. MacIntyre falsely claimed that in response to the shooting, people marched in state houses across the country “to support the shooter” — a transgender man. He also cited the right-wing boycott of Bud Light over an ad featuring trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

Chen pointed out that car manufacturer BMW once again used rainbow versions of its logo on social media, including X (formerly Twitter). She also claimed that when asked why its Middle Eastern social media accounts don’t do this, BMW responded that it’s not “culturally acceptable” in those countries.

Chen called this admission “refreshing” and said she wanted this anti-LGBTQ attitude to expand to other countries, like the U.S.

“But, so what I want for America, and for every other Western country, is I want America and Canada and the U.K. to be on the list of countries where it is not socially acceptable to signal support for pride,” Chen said.

“That’s what I want for the future. I want it to be like, you know, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, America, Canada — these are places where we don’t want our brand associated with pride because we know the public will reject it,” she added. “Because that’s how — honestly that’s how sick of pride I am. And that is how depraved pride I think has always been.”

Lauren Chen: We are now in June, which is Pride Month — Hell Month. Also incidentally — I’ve mentioned this — my birthday month. Just kinda, it puts a damper on it ’cause everything’s like super gay during June. But I feel like, strangely enough, this year pride seems to be a little more subdued than it has been previously. I feel like four years ago we were at the height of pride. Everything was gay. Every brand was virtue signaling.

We had, like, drag queens representing things like toothpaste, dip — you name it. It was like out loud and proud. Now, though, I almost feel like we’re in a different climate after the Target backlash, after the Dylan Mulvaney backlash. I mean obviously there are still brands out there who are goin’ hard. But I think corporate America is maybe starting to get the message that maybe this isn’t what all customers want. What’s your take on Pride Month in 2024?

Auron MacIntyre: Yeah we were heading to this point where it was basically American Ramadan, right? Like this was the holy month, right, for the —

Lauren Chen: Yeah.

Auron MacIntyre: — global American empire and everybody had to go ahead and genuflect in front of the rainbow flag. It does feel like things have dialed back a bit. I think we did hit that peak with the — I think the Dylan Mulvaney moment really was a game changer. You have to remember the context around that. Obviously we had the horrific shooting of Christians at a Nashville school by a trans shooter.

Lauren Chen: Right.

Auron MacIntyre: We had everyone doubling down on this. You remember all of the people marching in the state houses to support the shooter. Madonna talked about how she was gonna have concerts for this. Joe Biden hanging, you know, the trans flag above the, you know, the lectern in front of the White House. Like this was the climate, right? A bunch of Christians were murdered, children were murdered, by someone who believed in this ideology. And the regime doubled down on the ideology. That’s what they celebrated. That’s what they supported. That’s the person they made out to be the victim.

And I think that had a real effect. And that kind of snowballed into the Dylan Mulvaney thing, because so many people saw what happened there, and whether they made that conscious decision or not there’s a big revulsion, right? And it was — we’ve had all these arguments about why you shouldn’t do this stuff, why it’s evil, whatever. But it was actually that cultural pressure, like someone leaning over and bein’ like “Hey man, you’re not gonna order the trans beer, are you?”, that actually was what really hit people, right? It’s the mockery. It’s that kind of thing. It’s the meme that actually pushed back against that. And when Budweiser took a real hit, a substantial hit from they still haven’t really recovered, that was a huge deal.

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Lauren Chen: But I mentioned in a video, so BMW, I think specifically, is one of those brands that every year, like clockwork, when June hits they like transify their logo to virtue signal, let everyone know “Hey, like, we’re progressive. We’re open-minded.” Um, someone actually asked them specifically this year why their Middle Eastern accounts don’t do that. ‘Cause, I mean, by now we know, like there’re the comparisons. The U.S., U.K., Australia brand accounts — rainbow, gay, you know, just gay sex out on front, basically. When it comes to the Middle Eastern accounts, none of that. And the BMW account, in a surprising moment of clarity and, I guess, a mask off second, they actually did admit, like yeah, well it has to do with things like culture accept[ance] — cultural acceptance of these things. And I was just — it was refreshing to hear someone say, like, literally, like, “It depends whether it’s culturally acceptable whether a brand will do this.”

But, so what I want for America, and for every other Western country, is I want America and Canada and the U.K. to be on the list of countries where it is not socially acceptable to signal support for pride. That’s what I want for the future. I want it to be like, you know, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, America, Canada — these are places where we don’t want our brand associated with pride because we know the public will reject it. Because that’s how — honestly that’s how sick of pride I am. And that is how depraved pride I think has always been. But it’s basically just out in the open now. You have pride parades where there’s full-on nudity. There’s actual BDSM performances. There’s what they call “puppy play” happening around children. This should not fly in any way, shape, or form. Why are we letting this happen, though? I feel like in a sane society, if a bunch of men who were naked had a parade down the street, and, you know, were basically flashing young people, women, like, righteous men would do something about it. But instead we’re actually supposed to support it. How did we get here?