Was reminded of this image again today:
"I don't wear 🏳️🌈 [queer pride] items to tell you who's in my bed. I wear them so the family across the street knows they are safe. So the couple in the restaurant know they aren't alone. So the boy who sees me notice him looking at dresses knows I won't judge. I wear because you make them hide."
Ever since seeing this, I have been wearing progressive pride buttons on each of my jackets and coats (and a cap).
[#]queer #lgbtqia
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@amalia12 Love this 😍
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@amalia12 💚 :masto_love:
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@Gustodon
Exactly the reason why I got a rainbow shoelace tied to my backpack. My shopping bag is also in rainbow colors. I've got my backpack always with me so I show it every day. The rainbow shopping bag (with a dancing Snoopy on it) is a good way to get ppl to smile that have been scared of me (big, heavy, always dressed in black with a lot of Black Metal Merch) instantly. I just have to take it out of my backpack to see smiling instead of scared faces and I love it!
[#]queer #lgbtqia
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@amalia12 This 👍
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@amalia12 I haven’t seen this before. It’s perfect 👍
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@TernopilUA
Your failure to comprehend @amalia12 's post is staggering.
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@TernopilUA @amalia12 You can go where the sun doesn't shine.
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@amalia12 We explained to our kid once what prejudice and discrimination is and since then he has a flag keyring on his rucksack, so people can see he is on their side. He was 7 at the time.
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This is awesome. Thanks for sharing.
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@amalia12 100% this
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@amalia12 same reason why our whole street put up pride flags one year. A new guy moved in, and was asking in the pub if it was safe to put up a pride flag on pride month, as in previous places someone had broken his window. My bf suggested we all put them up so he wouldn’t feel alone, and in the end the whole street put them up. Not everyone does it every year now, but the point was made ❤️ This was in the Netherlands.
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Thanks for sharing this, it's wonderful to hear about that kind of solidarity.
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@amalia12 ❤️❤️❤️
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@amalia12 This 💯
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💕
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@aral
Those shoe laces are awesome. 🙂
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@amalia12 Thanks, I do quite love them :) They were part of a visibility campaign run by a supermarket chain here in Ireland (https://supervalu.ie/about/news/2024/06/20/shoe-your-support).
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@amalia12 @aral Indeed. I don't usually do accessories, and the t-shirt spot is reserved for nerd stuff. But I'd certainly wear those. Any hint on where they are typically sold?
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@StephanSchulz @amalia12 I got them during a campaign here in Ireland last year* but you can find similar ones online in lots of places :)
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lgbt+laces
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@aral @amalia12 Found them, thanks! Ordered!
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@StephanSchulz @amalia12 💕
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@StephanSchulz
If you are looking for shops in Germany,
you can find several buttons on Etsy or here on trans*fabel, a shop I can very much recommend.
Inter*Progressive Pride Button:
https://www.transfabel.de/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=48_147&products_id=3643
and one that is a bit larger:
https://www.transfabel.de/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=48_147&products_id=3644
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@amalia12 As a middle-aged straight man I love to wear my rainbow t-shirt that my wife bought me. Makes the world a little more comfortable, a little less scary.
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@amalia12 The same applies when displaying your own preferred pronouns.
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@amalia12 Humm... Now that I said it, I have to update my profile...
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@amalia12
Dito
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@amalia12
Corollary: If you wear the rainbow, you are required to actually act if you see some of those people in trouble or the bigots causing the trouble. If you wear it as a moral support, but don't stand up to the bigots, you might as well not wear it at all.
Seen too many people in rainbow gear duck their head and turn away, to take those fine words seriously.
[#]LGBTQIA #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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@CrypticMirror
I am queer, chronically ill and disabled.
No offence, but I am not telling allies what to do and not to do. I mean the following: It's mostly best to consider one's own safety. My own situation is this: If I get threatened, I cannot run away, because of my disability.
1/2
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@CrypticMirror
And here is a sad example from Germany.
During one of the pride events, some queer people were bullied by bigots. A trans man tried to help them, got seriously beaten and died soon afterwards.
That's why I think it is best to consider your own safety first and then see what you can do or not.
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@amalia12 that… makes a lot of sense. It is time to show (and do) support all the time and find a nice place to get some of those.
Thank you for sharing this.
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Thank you for sharing this, @amalia12 !!!
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@amalia12 Same, but with the high threat of political violence in the US, I'm going undercover for at least 4 years and not wearing anything that could make me a target. Too many nazis
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@amalia12 HELL yeah.
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@amalia12 Thank you. I’m a 75 y/o Dyke Activist. I’m Post Polio and grateful that The Light Won’t Go Out! 🕯️
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You're welcome. 🏳️🌈
Not sure, where this originates from, but I like this: "We're here, we're queer, we won't disappear!"
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@amalia12 Point of Information: It originated from Gay Rights Marches & Demonstrations in the 1970’s as “We’re Here! We’re Queer! Get Used To It!” 🏳️🌈 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
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@TheStephy_Chi
Thanks for the info, I appreciate this.
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@amalia12 I know because I was there. I’m 75 y/o now. 🇺🇸🏳️🌈
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@amalia12 chest pound respect from me... great note
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the pride fpr feeling human(ity) worth sharng, to be ally who stays caring (than being scared to express oneself)
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@amalia12 i wear it to tell nazis and conservatives that we're many and we're the norm and we will punch their face in if they attempt to take our rights away.
Every pride festival is the successor to political change. If necessary it can get bloody again
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Wunderschön 🥰.
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@amalia12 Thanks for the reminder. I should start to follow.
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