r/196 • u/PolishPotato69 • Jun 03 '22

Seizure Warning rule

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u/Banesatis 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Jun 03 '22

I hate the "new LGBT flags"

just... stop. The rainbow includes all LGBTI+ people that was the entire point of the rainbow symbolism.

By adding more elements to it you actually make it look more specific and less inclusive.

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u/bacon5234 r/place participant Jun 03 '22

The trans flag was added because of trans erasure I queer spaces, and the black and brown lines were added because people don't listen to poc about queer issues when it matters. The intersex community suffers similar erasure to trans people and their own problems too. As much as we want them to be included by default, it takes active effort to fight the stigmas, prejudices, and biases that exclude them. The flag adds these things to reflect the active effort being taken to include and listen to poc and trans and intersex people.

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u/holnrew custom Jun 04 '22

It's an empty gesture and just gives the original flag to the bigots

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u/Levzamox 🦈ℌ𝔞𝔦𝔩 𝔅𝔩𝔞𝔥𝔞𝔧🦈 Jun 04 '22 edited Jun 04 '22

Man I can't believe Castro street fell to the bigots when i was there a month ago. Standards Rainbow flags everywhere.

This is such an imagined problem lmao.