• birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 hours ago

    Technically not true; the rainbow covers all under the gender, romance, and sexuality spectrum. But it does indeed primarily get used as the catchall queer flag, so I guess!

    • Calfpupa [she/her]@lemmy.ml
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      6 hours ago

      No, it represents the LGBTQIA+ community. It does not include allies, and saying it does is an invitation for appropriation.

      • Peppycito@sh.itjust.works
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        4 hours ago

        Time for a new flag! Let’s add polka dots!

        (I’m joking, I think the flag gets stupider as stuff gets added to it. I understand what it represents, but as a piece of graphic design I hate the chevron addition)

  • Cypress@lemmy.zip
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    13 hours ago

    kind of a cute sentiment. i didn’t have such terminology in mind back in the day but i would’ve likely related to it a lot before it finally hit me that literally almost all the disgust and revulsion i had felt throughout my entire life toward myself had actually been gender dysphoria all along ._.

    i just really really didn’t want to believe that it was what it was
    because being trans is hard and scary and i am weak and cowardly
    and it could get me murdered by state sponsored domestic terrorists
    or just the usual regular stochastic lynch mob…
    or even just some random person who might snap and go berserk because they believe i shouldn’t exist.

    well … hey, i believed i shouldn’t exist for most of my life so … i guess i get it x.x