Representation is important, even if it's phony.
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The performative bs was actively harmful.
Strongly disagree. Normalizing queerness as acceptable (even if some people push back) is essential to change national culture. The motivation does not matter - normalization is critical.
Exactly. A lot of the pride month activities emphasized difference and separation, not normalization. Think back on the common narratives. You'll find a lot of cases "we must accept gay people even though they are different", more than "gay people are just normal people like everyone else"
Giving queerness it's own month to celebrate it is the opposite of normalizing tho.
Acceptance of queer people will come with time. Brute forcing social change is impossible.
This opinion is one I see very commonly in majority communities, so you'll forgive me if I dismiss it outright
Feel free to. I'm just telling you my stance on it - you can do with that whatever you want.
Corpos pushing queer stuff has definitely helped with normalizing it, but it has also been creating a lot of division within working class, which happens to be very beneficial for the capitalists
I think you guys forget how bad it was for queer people. The corpos are not creating division, that division already existed. And it’s way better than it used to be.
The division was already there it's just easy to not hear it when queer people are too afraid to be visible.
That sounds more like right wing fear mongering than anything that has actually happened. Unless just having a negative opinion is a punishment, I guess.