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LGBTQ etc revised flag.

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Moomoola · 04/06/2023 08:22

I looked for an explanation of the new V shape and circle.
im surprised that the V has black and brown stripes which represent ‘people of colour’, but no white stripe.
to me this suggests that the flag is designed by white people..who are graciously including ‘people of colour’ as being allowed in the gang.

apologies for the bad explanation! But isn’t this a bit batshit/ awful?

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IncomingTraffic · 04/06/2023 08:51

Maybe the expansion of letters committee has been watching Eddie Izzard’s ‘we still countries with cunning use of a flag’ and realised they can lay claim to the whole social justice landscape with a flag too.

DaisyWaldron · 04/06/2023 08:47

The black and brown stripes were introduced in the Philadelphia "More Colour More Pride" as a result of protests from Black and Latine activists about racism within the local LGBTQ+ community.

https://www.inquirer.com/philly-tips/philadelphia-pride-flag-20210612.html

The Philly Pride flag, explained

Why does Philly have its own Pride flag? Who made it? What do the colors mean? Everything you need to know about the "More colors more Pride" flag.

https://www.inquirer.com/philly-tips/philadelphia-pride-flag-20210612.html

ApocalipstickNow · 04/06/2023 08:45

lanadelgrey · 04/06/2023 08:31

Someone with a good eye for marketing? If there is a minor change each year, then you have to buy a new flag. Simple

This nails it.

ApocalipstickNow · 04/06/2023 08:44

MOMA put some stuff on insta about the Pride flag (I’m using them as a source on this as it was recently posted and easy to find) they state this (see attached screenshot, hopefully).

So if correct, it’s used for its “universality” - which surely includes everyone.

I can see why the gay community has historically see as being a white community with the representation of anyone else ignored. I get why there is a need to address that. And I get why transpeople want representation too, but it’s a simple and memorable image, easy to reproduce and the more it’s adapted the more it will look like Homer Simpson’s web page.

LGBTQ etc revised flag.
MagpiePi · 04/06/2023 08:42

I also thought there was a flag that had a big red umbrella over most of it that was to include sex workers?

Cashycashy · 04/06/2023 08:41

Why is there a new flag?

CouldIHaveThatInEnglishPlease · 04/06/2023 08:41

What has being a person of colour got to do with non-heterosexual love?
is pride not about embracing non-heterosexual relationships? Have I got that wrong all these years?

IncomingTraffic · 04/06/2023 08:40

MagpiePi · 04/06/2023 08:36

I thought ‘intersex’ people didn’t want to be included in all this nonsense.

Did they ask people of colour if they wanted to be co-opted by and subsumed within the many letters project?

i bet they didn’t. They just decided to claim them with a bloody flag.

MagpiePi · 04/06/2023 08:40

I also thought:

Red = Richard
orange = of
Yellow = York
Green = gave
Blue = battle
Indigo = in
Violet = vain

MagpiePi · 04/06/2023 08:36

I thought ‘intersex’ people didn’t want to be included in all this nonsense.

VeryUninspired · 04/06/2023 08:35

I’m confused my the inclusion of intersex unless like the rest it’s for intersex lgb people Only?

IncomingTraffic · 04/06/2023 08:34

Why are they trying to colonise race/ethnicity under the flag (literally a flag!) of LBGTQ and all the many letters?

social justice imperialism is hideous.

lanadelgrey · 04/06/2023 08:31

Someone with a good eye for marketing? If there is a minor change each year, then you have to buy a new flag. Simple

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Moomoola · 04/06/2023 08:24

Here, maybe I’ve got it wrong.

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