Musician disrupts sparsely attended “Straight Pride” event with pro-trans performance
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A flop “straight pride” event in Boise, Idaho, was unexpectedly interrupted when a local musician used his stage time to deliver a powerful message in support of trans youth.
The event, called the 'Hetero Awesome Festival', took place 20-21 June and was organised by bar owner Mark Fitzpatrick. The festival’s website promoted it as a celebration of “family values” and criticised what it called “LGBTQ+ extremism” and “trans fantasies”. Despite its bold branding, the event reportedly drew a modest crowd of around 50 people, according to KTVB.
Among the speakers was far-right podcaster David Reilly, who made racially charged comments about Boise’s demographics. But the tone shifted dramatically when musician Daniel Hamrick, also known for performing as Archer Flynn, took the stage.
Initially dressed in casual attire, Hamrick changed into a tan Army Ranger beret and revealed a T-shirt reading “Keep Canyon County Queer”. He also wore a jacket adorned with LGBTQ+ symbols, including a pink triangle and a rainbow heart.
Hamrick performed a single song titled Boy, which tells the story of a trans boy forced to conform to a gender identity that doesn’t reflect who he is. Lyrics included lines like, “They put him in ballet, he wants to play ball / What matters to him doesn’t matter at all.”
The turnout for the first “Hetero Awesome Festival” in Boise is a lot like Trumps parade - nobody went 🤣🤣
— Irene Adler (@MollyBee_82) June 21, 2025
Liberals are the only ones who know how to throw a party. Stupid straight republican Christian men are so angry they’re not celebrated nonstop. pic.twitter.com/otgw5M8vgT
The performance was cut short when Fitzpatrick took the microphone away, citing that the lyrics conflicted with the event’s values. A brief altercation reportedly followed between Fitzpatrick and an attendee unaware of his role as organiser.
Though Hamrick declined to comment further, video of the performance quickly went viral on TikTok, with one clip garnering over 770,000 views. The moment sparked widespread praise online, with one Reddit user declaring, “If Daniel Hamrick ever pays for his own drink in this town again, a great misjustice will have happened.”
