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Finnish presidential home and presidential castle raise trans inclusive pride flags for a week. (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 41 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

With the current significance of the movement represented by the "LGB Alliance" I don't think it's undue to stress the T.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    LGBTQ+ is 100% covered by the rainbow flag. It is absolutely ridiculous to claim otherwise.

    This is like insisting the American flag is only for Republicans.

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  • [+] -15 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Tbf, a lot of that was driven by the wave of transwomen getting mad that lesbians aren't attracted to them. And I never saw any pushback against these posts in the trans community.

    Was there right-wing groups amplifying the reach of these comments? Yes. Should the entire trans community suffer for a small number of assholes among their ranks? Hell no.

    Regardless, the lack of pushback in the trans community and its effects shows the need for groups to self-regulate to some degree. There's assholes in every group, and pretending that there aren't is dangerous.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    huh, sauce? I've never heard of any of that.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The BBC has an article that gives a decent overview: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-57853385

    And Vice isn't doing anyone favors by leaning into the transphobia spin: https://www.vice.com/en/article/whats-wrong-with-the-no-trans-dating-preference-debate/

    A lot of this is also from personal memory. I was plugged into a lot of different communities 2018-2021on all sides of the aisle.

    Thankfully people aren't yelling at lesbians about this anymore, at least not what I've seen. Unfortunately, the damage has already been done.

    Also unfortunately, it seems that people aren't understanding the point of my original comment. And it's that every group has some number of assholes in it, and it's up to the group as a whole to make sure that said assholes don't ruin their reputation.

    This isn't meant to bash transpeople. It's meant as a cautionary tale to avoid letting a minority of assholes set how everyone else sees the group.

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