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• NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It… is kind of a giant mess.

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag_(LGBTQ) is a good summary but the modern rainbow color scheme is a somewhat recent iteration.

  But much as “LGBT” has become “LGBTQ” and “LGBTQIA” and “LGBTQIA+” and so forth, so too have the flag added and removed stripes. And… a lot of that is intentional animosity since a shocking number of LGBTQIA+ folk are actually REALLY bigoted (the old “jokes” about how bisexual people need to “choose a side” and so forth) and it becomes a whole thing.

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  • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I haven’t really heard of those jokes and animosity. We’re not letting ourselves get divided.

    Comrade, remember that the fight is not with other queers, but with those who repress everyone; the oligarchs.

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  • Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I love the intersex-inclusive progress pride flag, which adds designs to the left that explicitly include three under-represented groups (BIPOC, trans+, and intersex).

    I once had someone, in earnest, complain at me that if we kept adding chevrons, the flag would have to get wider, and showed me an image that was like 1000 pixels by 20.

    And then got mad at me when I asked if I could have that as a scarf :)

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    • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Personally, the way I view it, the rainbow is most flexible, as it literally includes everyone (queer and nonqueer), and the progress pride (as in, pride + triangle with whatever is in there) mostly functions as an acknowledgement of especially repressed groups.

      View it like how countries have their national days, or how there are weeks of reading focused on a particular theme or subject (school homework included). That, but for queer stuff.

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      • yucandu@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The initialism, “LGBTQIA+”, feels disrespectful too. First because of everyone who falls under the “+” not being as important apparently, but second because it’s just a silly sounding name.

        I’ve heard “Sexual and gender minorities” or “SGM” as a more academic and professional sounding replacement, and I much prefer it.

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• I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It would be a lot prettier that way

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  • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    These are all straight lines, give me the real gay flag

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  • rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sure it has every color but does it have our specific color?

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    • Bgugi@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, this flag only shows saturated hues. This is unsaturated erasure.

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      • chellomere@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Might I tempt you with this alternative proposal?

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  • Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Are you trying to get the entire dcip3 banned??

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    • HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I thought of this because of your comment.

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      • jsomae@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        God’s rainbow has 7 colors (ROY G BIV), the LGBT rainbow has 6.

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      • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ironically Bryan doesn’t even understand the Bible as God in the very Bible is described with not just masculine but also feminine and neutral attributes.

        They for example are described as being beyond humankind, yet the latter proceeding forth from them.

        It’s ragebait that he posts and either he knows what he’s doing (likely), or he’s just that dumb (also likely).

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