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FFS disability is now on the pride flag

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sashh · 16/07/2024 08:58

I'm livid. I'm disabled and I do not want to be represented on the LGBTQ+ flag.

Also this quote: Dayna Halliwell (she/her), Content and Engagement Manager at Evenbreak, led the collaboration and organised the Pride visit. She said: “It was very moving and amazing to see the reaction of disabled people in the audience. You could see the joy on their faces of being represented in the parade.”

https://blog.evenbreak.co.uk/2024/07/02/new-disability-inclusive-pride-flag-unveiled-at-london-pride/

New Disability-Inclusive Pride Flag unveiled at London Pride

Image description: Evenbreak team members in pink t-shirts carry the new Disability-Inclusive Pride Flag in the London Pride Parade alongside Valentino Vechietti, dressed in white. Photo credit: Ma…

https://blog.evenbreak.co.uk/2024/07/02/new-disability-inclusive-pride-flag-unveiled-at-london-pride

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elliejjtiny · 16/07/2024 09:13

JohnnyAndTheDead · 16/07/2024 09:03

Why not?

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Justme56 · 16/07/2024 09:12

I thought the initial rainbow flag was meant to represent everyone - regardless of any other characteristics. Obviously some people think that it didn’t.

GrimDamnFanjo · 16/07/2024 09:12

Is everything a sexuality now?

YourNimblePeachTraybake · 16/07/2024 09:12

Disabled and gay here.
Don't want to be on any flag.

Rainbowsponge · 16/07/2024 09:11

I’m disabled and very unhappy about this.

UpThePankhurst · 16/07/2024 09:10

Singleandproud · 16/07/2024 09:09

I think I would be pretty pissed off if I was same sex attracted. They should leave the original rainbow flag as it was to represent what it always has. If other causes want a flag then use their own and raise awareness. All of these progressions just dilute the original meaning, soon it's just going to be a thin rainbow band or border with everything else taking centre stage

It's also hard to miss who has the power to include and exclude, and doesn't bother consulting any other group they 'represent'.

Power. Power and money.

Singleandproud · 16/07/2024 09:09

I think I would be pretty pissed off if I was same sex attracted. They should leave the original rainbow flag as it was to represent what it always has. If other causes want a flag then use their own and raise awareness. All of these progressions just dilute the original meaning, soon it's just going to be a thin rainbow band or border with everything else taking centre stage

UpThePankhurst · 16/07/2024 09:09

WaitingForMojo · 16/07/2024 09:05

It’s a celebration of diversity, is it not?

Unless you’re incredibly homophobic and don’t want to be associated, I don’t see why you’d have a problem with it.

Then I'm afraid you have missed out on a whole lot of relevant information.

I'd suggest starting with articles from the Gay Mens Network, they're well written and good explanations of why many LGB people are very unhappy about this, and why the dominating movement under the rainbow is actually quite fantastically homophobic.

WaitingForMojo · 16/07/2024 09:09

Disabled and gay, and personally think it’s fab.

Nellieinthebarn · 16/07/2024 09:08

Likewise disabled, and do not want to be associated with this batshittery.

QAOPspaceman · 16/07/2024 09:08

At least this takes it one step closer to collapsing under the weight of its own bullshit

UpThePankhurst · 16/07/2024 09:07

Likewise. I'm gay AND disabled and don't want to be involved in that mess on either count.

Fgs it's now just an 'everybody' flag, and a cynical mind would say it's the TQ political lobby dominated charities hoovering up briefs, funding and every other equality movement to control it the way they've consumed the LGB ones. There'll be save the whales on there any minute.

PriOn1 · 16/07/2024 09:06

Forced teaming. It’s a pointless branding exercise to make their cause look better.

WaitingForMojo · 16/07/2024 09:05

It’s a celebration of diversity, is it not?

Unless you’re incredibly homophobic and don’t want to be associated, I don’t see why you’d have a problem with it.

LaLoba · 16/07/2024 09:04

Likewise. I want no part of the competitive victimhood that Pride has become.

JohnnyAndTheDead · 16/07/2024 09:03

elliejjtiny · 16/07/2024 09:01

Yanbu. I am disabled too and disability should not be on the pride flag.

Why not?

elliejjtiny · 16/07/2024 09:01

Yanbu. I am disabled too and disability should not be on the pride flag.

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