Need proof? Consider how often it’s called “the gay Pride flag” rather than the “queer Pride flag” or the “LGBTQIA Pride flag.”Īs such, there’s a feeling that the flag doesn’t embrace everybody - or if it does, our community certainly doesn’t. Though Glibert Baker intended his late-’70s rainbow flag design to be all-inclusive, it has since become increasingly associated with marriage equality and corporate Pride events that fit the gay mainstream. “The original flag already represents everyone.” The Gilbert Baker Pride flag from 1978, after the hot pink and light blue stripes were dropped because of fabric unavailability 1. But let’s take a second to look at the most common complaints and how they’re heard by queer people of color. Granted, I don’t think these critics are aware of how others interpret their comments, and I also think it’s unfair to flat-out label any critic of one of the new Pride flag iterations as a racist or transphobe. So I’ll just call the new flag ugly rather than think critically about why people redesigned it or what I can do to help dismantle oppression.” And to queer people of color it often sounds like what they’re really saying is “I don’t like being forced to think about LGBT racism and transphobia. These comments are usually made by gay white men.
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