People are losing their minds over the bi-inclusive Progress Pride flag
www.thepinknews.com
People have expressed outrage after Mayor of London Sadiq Khan posted a photo of a Progress Pride flag featuring bisexual flag stripes.

Queer people are getting their rights violated and removed in real time, and now we have ppl from all across the political spectrum arguing over a flag I have never seen before.

At this point, I’m convinced that the flag is an intentional psyop designed to sow division in the community over colours on a rectangle to distract from actual issues.

  • apotheotic (she/her)English
    14•1 year ago

    Idk, I appreciate the progress pride flag because it explicitly includes trans, intersex and poc. There’s a decent number of people who would consider themselves part of “the community” and use the standard rainbow flag, who don’t consider any identities past LGB. Its nice to be able to signal to people that you are genuinely a safe person/group/whatever who cares about the whole community and their struggles.

      • Gaywallet (they/it)M
        13•1 year ago

        I’m leaving this comment up because I think it’s fine to point out that the rainbow stands for anyone. But I’m also leaving this reply here to let you know that you need to disengage with this thread. Insisting that a pride flag is racist is not exactly creating a welcoming environment here or being nice to people who feel included with specific flags which highlight their identity.

          • alyaza [they/she]M
            9•1 year ago

            So a pride flag that is clearly textbook racist is good and arguing against it and the people that say its better because of the racism is not allowed here

            when you call them racist and imply they’re segregationist for having their preference, yes, that is not allowed. that’s needlessly aggressive and needlessly sectarian—and speaking personally, “having a preference for more stripes on a flag that represent marginalized communities is racist and like segregation” is just such an overstatement of the point (that i otherwise agree with, for the record—i am not a fan of the progress flag) being made that it verges into being unserious.

              • alyaza [they/she]M
                8•1 year ago

                i don’t think “adding race-specific stripes to a pride flag” is a bad thing, is “treating people differently based on skin tone” except in the most cringeworthy, pedantic, I See No Color way possible, or is “racist”—and i think that if you believe these things you probably will not be allowed to partake in discussions like this on our instance after today

                  • apotheotic (she/her)English
                    10•1 year ago

                    That’s such a strawman reply. Nobody in this conversation thinks it is okay to be racist. You would not be banned for being anti racist, and implying that you would be is part of what you’re doing wrong here.

      • @[email protected]
        8•1 year ago

        I feel more includet in the Progress Flag than the standard Rainbow. That’s just me, but why should that be less valid?