The rainbow flag is already trans inclusive, the rainbow includes everyone
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For those that view this particular version of the pride flag redundant: Yes, you are technically correct. The rainbow is supposed to symbolize inclusion.
However, recent political movements seek to divide and exclude particular groups from the queer community, namely trans people. By choosing a flag that explicitly includes those colors, you are explicitly denouncing that division.
Also, the triangle part is just really cool as well. I love both, but the progress pride one feels much more officially flaggy to me :)
And by choosing to accept the rainbow flag as all inclusive, you also denounce division.
The idea that we need to specifically call out everyone in need of coverage is asinine, and in itself divisive.
This flag is better since there are a surprising number of gay people who are anti-trans. Completely bananas if you ask me.
This is the same argument people use for “all lives matter” and anti-DEI.
In a perfect world, it should be equal, but to make this argument is ignoring the reality that it’s not.
Had to reread that headline 3 times to not have my brain turn "presidential castle," into "presidential cattle."
Are these gestures empty or meaningful?
If the White House in the US raised the same flag today, would it have meaning?
It absolutely would not. There would need to be something behind it.
Would it have meaning during a Democratic government though?
Done today, it would acknowledge the valid existence of different sexual and gender identities, which would be an absolutely monumental shift in messaging. Even during Democratic leadership, it would be signal support for rights and equality, instead of diagnosis and demonizing.
This flag fucking sucks. You'd think gay people could design a flag worth a damn but all they've done is slap ugly ass colour conflicts on an already colour saturated base.
Like take a look at the original lesbian flag before suddenly the community decided corporate branding was ideal theme to mimic.

It's the ol' "keep adding elements until everything is explicitly included" problem in vexillology.
But hey, it's a great way to keep selling new merch every few years...
Did it have to be one of those ugly and redundant derivatives of the perfectly fine rainbow flag of diversity?
Given fascism currently focuses on trans and black/non-white people and actively tries to separare them from the community: Yes. Yes it did.
whoever designed the flag probably figured they have to add all the colors, so all of them would feel included and none of them would feel offended
The black and brown also represent a completely different movement, it should just be the rainbow flag.
But did you know black people can be gay? Betcha didn't. Glad we added that to the flag to remind you.
Ok, but did you know that Mongolian people could be gay? Where is there stripe? Did you know Comanche Native Americans couls be gay? Where is theres? Did you know Irish people could be gay? Where is there stripe?
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