As long as you're not one of the gay white dudes who pulls up the ladder on trans people and other groups now that you're more accepted, I think you're helping to make things better.
I don't know, that seems like literally the LEAST I can do. Like that should be expected behavior and it certainly fucking isn't. But then that means I'd have to work with gay white guys to show them how selfish our community is and seriously why would I spend my time on that
Yeah, it's certainly not extra credit, but the sad thing is that what should be "expected behaviour" generally isn't for most sections of society.
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This will be the third year my book club will celebrate Pride in Seattle.
We're a majority LGBTQ and generally have a good time.
Last year we turned a tavern into a dance-club and I made-out with a young twenty-something dude & a mid-fifties lady at a gay club.
Which is to say I am a big fan of Pride celebrations.
Philly Pride overlaps with the last weekend of Philly Beer Week. To be honest, I prefer the events of Beer Week way more than Pride, but I may stop by to watch some of the parade if I'm in the area.
I'll be honest, before I clicked on this thread, I definitely thought it was about the actual concept of pride.
It's not about a large family group of lesbian, gay, bi, and/or trans lions?
To be fair I've changed it back and forth a couple times because I couldn't decide if it was clear enough without LGBT in the title but I guess it wasn't!
I'll be honest, before I clicked on this thread, I definitely thought it was about the actual concept of pride.
It's not about a large family group of lesbian, gay, bi, and/or trans lions?
To be fair I've changed it back and forth a couple times because I couldn't decide if it was clear enough without LGBT in the title but I guess it wasn't!
I would guess that it was probably plenty clear to everyone except me, but thanks I guess!
I think NC's biggest pride events are actually generally held like in the early fall. (Because it gets fucking hot here. And not in the good way.) And besides you're not going to get pride events in eastern NC except maybe in Greeneville or Wilmington? (College towns.)
edit: like the earliest big event I'm seeing is in Charlotte and it's in August
Since our founding, America has advanced on an unending path toward becoming a more perfect Union. This journey, led by forward-thinking individuals who have set their sights on reaching for a brighter tomorrow, has never been easy or smooth. The fight for dignity and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people is reflected in the tireless dedication of advocates and allies who strive to forge a more inclusive society. They have spurred sweeping progress by changing hearts and minds and by demanding equal treatment -- under our laws, from our courts, and in our politics. This month, we recognize all they have done to bring us to this point, and we recommit to bending the arc of our Nation toward justice.
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There remains much work to do to extend the promise of our country to every American, but because of the acts of courage of the millions who came out and spoke out to demand justice and of those who quietly toiled and pushed for progress, our Nation has made great strides in recognizing what these brave individuals long knew to be true in their hearts -- that love is love and that no person should be judged by anything but the content of their character. During Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, as Americans wave their flags of pride high and march boldly forward in parades and demonstrations, let us celebrate how far we have come and reaffirm our steadfast belief in the equal dignity of all Americans.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2016 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to eliminate prejudice everywhere it exists, and to celebrate the great diversity of the American people.
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Officers in one area of Greater Manchester have had extra training to increase their understanding of the different needs of people who find themselves in domestic abuse situations and they will now be able to record the incident with a specific code if the relationship is between members of the LGBT community.
No other police force in the UK has recorded this information before and GMP hopes that its introduction will add to their current work to capture trends and patterns, ultimately leading them to tackle the issue in the most effective way.
I'm ecstatic about the patch changes for the Sims. I was kind of feeling that the Sims franchise was starting to slide behind, (They were one of the first games to have same sex relationships as a normal option, but there were still gender restrictions on clothes) but EA/Maxis has really upped their game.
today in Austin there's this big alt-pride event called QueerBomb! have heard rave reviews from people I trust, but it'll be my first, so I'm currently a combo of excited and anxious 8-)
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Or, more frequently, "I'm not going to regular Pride this year because it's sponsored by Coke and there's nothing even remotely radical about it anymore"
Or, more frequently, "I'm not going to regular Pride this year because it's sponsored by Coke and there's nothing even remotely radical about it anymore"
Yeah alt-Pride is basically for the people who still feel marginalised by regular Pride
Which nowadays is basically anyone who isn't middle-class white gay people, usually with kids.
Pride, in a lot of major cities, has basically become gentrified as major corporations have become sponsors and white gay dudes have pulled up the ladder on less... easily palatable queer people.
when I was a teenager, I was a shit-head (that's not the funny part, because that is not really shocking, we were all shit-heads when we were teenagers)
I was a privileged queer youth, a white male who was able to be out and loud about it with little repercussion i wasn't able to handle (in a way that i tightly and violently controlled oh and also i wasn't out to my family and oh and also...)
and a lot of the way I saw my success in being out was by being as cisheteronormatively male as possible. that the reason straights had such a hard time accepting "us" was we were being so fuckin' "queer" about this whole thing, and if we just tried to be more "normal" about it, they'd be more accepting.
so I had a big umbrage with how Pride was back in the day, how radical and showy and naked and sexual it was
I felt it would be better if people toned it down, made it more family friendly, made it more palatable for straight people, it would be more successful
I even counter-protested Pride a couple years when i was young.
I outgrew these notions eventually, fortunately
but the funny part is, what I wanted Pride to be? That's what it has eventually become in many places, thanks to gay white cis males basically agreeing with that viewpoint and realizing they can get ahead by throwing the rest of the queer rainbow under the bus to do it.
but the funny part is, what I wanted Pride to be? That's what it has eventually become in many places, thanks to gay white cis males basically agreeing with that viewpoint and realizing they can get ahead by throwing the rest of the queer rainbow under the bus to do it.
A beautiful illustration of the danger of making wishes
I know several trans women who specifically don't identify as queer because of how trans folk have been used and ignored.
Worse than the corporations in Pride events, IMO, is the open acceptance of the police - ignoring the abuses they continue to openly leverage against trans folk, and people of color
I do not feel safe around cops
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today in Austin there's this big alt-pride event called QueerBomb! have heard rave reviews from people I trust, but it'll be my first, so I'm currently a combo of excited and anxious 8-)
my boyfriend snagged a copy of this week's Chronicle to act as an umbrella before last night's rain, and because he "thought [i'd] be interested in the cover story." he's a good 'un. maybe i'll head down, as my friends have also enthused about it...
I have a question, which I'm afraid will make me sound like a bigot, but what is with the portrayal of the 'gay accent'? At first, I thought it was a media stereotype, but as I began to meet more and more gay men in real life, a good chunk had the accent. I will admit that most of the gentlemen I met came from the same socioeconomic background (white, middle class) but they were from all over North America, and all mixed their local accent with the 'common' one.
I hope I'm not coming across as homophobic, I'm just curious from a lauguage standpoint.
I have a question, which I'm afraid will make me sound like a bigot, but what is with the portrayal of the 'gay accent'? At first, I thought it was a media stereotype, but as I began to meet more and more gay men in real life, a good chunk had the accent. I will admit that most of the gentlemen I met came from the same socioeconomic background (white, middle class) but they were from all over North America, and all mixed their local accent with the 'common' one.
I hope I'm not coming across as homophobic, I'm just curious from a lauguage standpoint.
It's an accent that originated near/around San Francisco and became associated with the openly gay movement there going through the 60s. In time it became less of a San Francisco thing and picked up as a trend with other openly gay men in America. For some men it's another way of signifying that you're "out" or living an openly gay lifestyle, but it also got picked up as an easy sterotype for gay men as well and a way to make them seem more effeminate or strange.
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Yeah, it's the circle-slash that's rainbow. It's keeping out the white man in the sheet!
holy crap it is
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Yeah, it's certainly not extra credit, but the sad thing is that what should be "expected behaviour" generally isn't for most sections of society.
We're a majority LGBTQ and generally have a good time.
Last year we turned a tavern into a dance-club and I made-out with a young twenty-something dude & a mid-fifties lady at a gay club.
Which is to say I am a big fan of Pride celebrations.
It's not about a large family group of lesbian, gay, bi, and/or trans lions?
To be fair I've changed it back and forth a couple times because I couldn't decide if it was clear enough without LGBT in the title but I guess it wasn't!
I want to be friends with that human on the far left and more than friends with that human on the far right. If only they spoke an actual language.
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I would guess that it was probably plenty clear to everyone except me, but thanks I guess!
edit: like the earliest big event I'm seeing is in Charlotte and it's in August
I'm gonna miss him.
Which is how I want to remember him.
I love my city.
The Bowie is strong with this one.
I read that in his voice.
Those three do a pretty good job of capturing all of the intended people, anyway. All of the other flags are subsets within them.
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Yeah alt-Pride is basically for the people who still feel marginalised by regular Pride
Which nowadays is basically anyone who isn't middle-class white gay people, usually with kids.
Pride, in a lot of major cities, has basically become gentrified as major corporations have become sponsors and white gay dudes have pulled up the ladder on less... easily palatable queer people.
So now there's alt-Pride.
when I was a teenager, I was a shit-head (that's not the funny part, because that is not really shocking, we were all shit-heads when we were teenagers)
I was a privileged queer youth, a white male who was able to be out and loud about it with little repercussion i wasn't able to handle (in a way that i tightly and violently controlled oh and also i wasn't out to my family and oh and also...)
and a lot of the way I saw my success in being out was by being as cisheteronormatively male as possible. that the reason straights had such a hard time accepting "us" was we were being so fuckin' "queer" about this whole thing, and if we just tried to be more "normal" about it, they'd be more accepting.
so I had a big umbrage with how Pride was back in the day, how radical and showy and naked and sexual it was
I felt it would be better if people toned it down, made it more family friendly, made it more palatable for straight people, it would be more successful
I even counter-protested Pride a couple years when i was young.
I outgrew these notions eventually, fortunately
but the funny part is, what I wanted Pride to be? That's what it has eventually become in many places, thanks to gay white cis males basically agreeing with that viewpoint and realizing they can get ahead by throwing the rest of the queer rainbow under the bus to do it.
A beautiful illustration of the danger of making wishes
Worse than the corporations in Pride events, IMO, is the open acceptance of the police - ignoring the abuses they continue to openly leverage against trans folk, and people of color
I do not feel safe around cops
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I hope I'm not coming across as homophobic, I'm just curious from a lauguage standpoint.
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Dear Satan.....
What do you mean, specifically, when you say "accent"
It's an accent that originated near/around San Francisco and became associated with the openly gay movement there going through the 60s. In time it became less of a San Francisco thing and picked up as a trend with other openly gay men in America. For some men it's another way of signifying that you're "out" or living an openly gay lifestyle, but it also got picked up as an easy sterotype for gay men as well and a way to make them seem more effeminate or strange.
I guess a lot of people refer to it as 'Flambloyant'
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Dear Satan.....