It’s so important. Seeing pride flags up tells me that I’m safe in that part of town. And who knows, maybe me having my flag up will make it so that other queer people will think about moving onto my street and start flying theirs too
I live in NY and I see a lot of pride flags all the time. It’s nice. Earlier this summer I visited some folks in like South Jersey and it was striking, once I noticed, how few pride flags there were. I saw one. I saw a lot of trump stuff.
A woman friend of mine that’s married to a woman said she’s seriously discussed with her wife if they’re going to stop visiting folks there, because it doesn’t feel safe.
I wish I had this image when people were asking me to qualify, as a cis/hetero male, my attendance at a Pride event.
I went to four Pride events in June. One each weekend. Had a great time at each of them.
Love all my allies
People were asking you to qualify? That sounds strange to me.
That’s weird as heck brother and maybe they dealt with motherfuckers/undercover assholes a while back so they’re playing extra safe.
The decade I’ve been at pride parades, it’s like any other parade. Just have fun. Hell people were even dressing up their dogs in rainbow outfits. Nobody was checking with anything unless you were there to cause trouble
Fuck yes.
Ally for life!
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Thinking someone is on your side for wearing 🏳️🌈 items is the same kind of quick judgement as thinking someone is not because he’s not wearing 🏳️🌈 items, thinking someone is not on your side for wearing 🏳️🌈 items and the opposite. I do believe this person or any other should be able to wear 🏳️🌈 items without using erroneous logic, I can see the first statement being absolutely true and valid, for example.
I would love to rep pride flag because I think it’s dope but I also don’t want to make people think I’m gay. Definitely respond to me and try to convince me otherwise because this is the sole reason I don’t rep a rainbow flag on any of my belongings
So what if people do think you’re gay? Is that so bad? Do you expect backlash or would that cause trouble for you? If so, I’m sorry and that sucks.
Otherwise, I find that the kind of people who will assume you are, and then consider that a problem, are probably unpleasant to be around anyway.
Reasonable folks, allies, and LGBT people may ask, but then be like “oh cool! Love an ally.”
If it’s important to you to be seen as an ally, also consider ally flag merch! Its not as fun as the rainbow, but it’s a good way to send the message that you’re a safe person to be around.
Nah I’m fine with backlash, I just don’t want to be inconvenienced with people who automatically think I’m queer.
But also the straight ally flag is a little cringe and might be disingenuous. If you’re gonna be a supporter might as well be a whole supporter.
Maybe I should rep both simultaneously?
Edit3: also, this might be extremely hot take but the progress flag is a little cringe for me because it’s kinda the same as lgbtqia2s+. I never felt the need to go beyond lgbtq because the q stood for everything else.
Also, the normal pride flag is easier to draw
I went to FWA back in April, (or was it May, i can’t remember,) and it was the safest i had almost ever felt in my life.
That’s actually a really bad reason though, isn’t it?
Makes it seem performative but also encourages bad actors to adopt the imagery and suddenly no one feels safe.
What’s performative is people loudly condemning it on the grounds of their own personal beliefs as if those should dictate the lives of others rather than be observed by those devoted to their ideals. For example it’s telling to me that people immediately need to twist what is a very clear mesage of intent and concoct hypotheticals to make it appear insincere or even dangerous.
Are you a dumbass or just cosplaying? 🤔
