#Minnesota Pride

[jmawork]

this meme edit came to me in a divine vision before bed

flag by the upstanding folks at Flags for Good

[thegreatsurvey]

Lake Minnetonka.

30x40"

Acrylic, marker and pencil on canvas

SOLD

[tigerrsmn]

Sharing a few TikToks from TC Pride 2023 as a reminder that we could still use volunteers for this year! Come help us spread the word about TIGERRS free resources and services, 6/28-6/30. We'll have a button making station and a bunch of swag. If you're interested, please sign up here! And please spread the word!

[discipleofmothra]

A friend of mine, Kflstudios, made some nifty pride pride designs based on the new minnesota flag.

I'm encouraging them to make some physical product based on these, because they are amazing. Check them out:

https://kflstudios.threadless.com/

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Ryan Adamczeski at The Advocate:

After Target made the decision to drop diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, Minnesota's largest Pride festival decided to drop them as a sponsor. Now, Twin Cities Pride has more funding than they started with. Target issued a memo on Friday announcing the end of its three-year DEI goals, including its Racial Equity Action and Change (REACH) program and "all external diversity-focused survey’s including HRC’s Corporate Equality index.” The Human Rights Campaign effort, which provides benchmarks on corporate policies relevant to LGBTQ+ employees, previously gave Target a score of 100 percent, dubbing the company a “Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion." In response, the largest Pride organization in Minnesota and the largest free Pride celebration in the United States, Twin Cities Pride, announced this week that it would be dropping Target as a sponsor for its 2025 events. The company had initially pledged $50,000, and had been involved in Pride celebrations for around two decades.

[...] Target was not backing down on its $50,000 pledge, but Otto says that TCP and their allies still saw the move as a betrayal, as the company is "taking away safety for the community not only in their employees, but in their suppliers." As the community was "looking to us to hold them accountable," TCP's board made the decision to remove Target as a sponsor. "This isn't about the money," Otto says. "Because if the money wasn't there, would we even be questioning this decision? The answer is no. The reality of it is, is that it's the right thing to do for our community." The end of DEI programs and LGBTQ+ inclusivity initiatives marks a significant shift for the Minnesota-based company, which once withstood protests from hate groups over its inclusive bathroom policies and Pride displays. However, the change was not sudden, as Target pulled some of its Pride Month merchandise in 2023 amid threats and violent protests in stores.

[...] Companies' willingness to abandon the LGBTQ+ community contributes to the long-standing debate among activists over "Rainbow Capitalism," which refers to the trend of companies marketing to or profiting off the queer community without meaningfully supporting them. Examples include Disney using a rainbow logo while cancelling or censoring LGBTQ+ projects, Netflix claiming to support LGBTQ+ people while hosting Dave Chapelle's harmful jokes about transgender people, or Target scaling back Pride displays after pressure from extremists despite decades of precedent.

With Target abandoning its once-stellar support for the LGBTQ+ community by dropping DEI, Twin Cities Pride not only ousted them from sponsorship but raised more money.

See Also:

LGBTQ Nation: Pride organization rejects Target’s $50K donation after the store turns its back on DEI

[supa-nova]

You could’ve told me the bottom left was a pride flag and I would have believed you

I'm so frustrated by every flag redesign using blue and green.

"This green represents our land, and this blue represents our sky" please! Every state has land and also sky! Please pick something that actually represents your state and not every state ever!

This post brought to you by the Minnesota state flag redesign finalists.

Oh yeah, plants, rivers, the existence of stars in the sky, these sure are things that scream "Minnesota" to me.

I actually do want to give the stars specifically a pass because "The star of the North" is Minnesota's state epithet.

But like you compare these to, for instance, Washington's proposed flag redesign:

Come on, please, I beg of you, find some colors to represent your state more interesting than "it has land, and also it has sky".

[crazygnomenclature]

I will say the flag has grown on me now recently. If any of you all find a place that makes Tiff's flag please let me know.

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[pittsburghpenguinsaffirmations]

guys that clip of flower shouting WOO HOO HOO during the wild vs sharks game is so important to me i’m gonna be thinking about it forever

AFFIRMATION FOR MY FOREVER PENGUIN: NEVER LOSE YOUR WHIMSY

[stuffaboutminneapolis]

YOU GUYS THE ANIMALS AT COMO ZOO ARE CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH 🏳️‍🌈

[vaspider]

[abwicca]

wake up babe, latest abby graffiti post dropped :3

most of these are from minneapolis but there are a few milwaukee features too!!

[tigerrsmn]

Sharing a few TikToks from TC Pride 2023 as a reminder that we could still use volunteers for this year! Come help us spread the word about TIGERRS free resources and services, 6/28-6/30. We'll have a button making station and a bunch of swag. If you're interested, please sign up here! And please spread the word!

[thingsmk1120sayz]

Jon Merrill and his family are the best ever

[wildaboutmnhockey]

[grantmentis]

Michela Cava passes the Walter Cup to her partner, Emma Greco.

[oeldeservesthenorris]

Jon Merrill out here at a Pride event wearing a tee shirt that reads “Protect Trans Kids” and I really needed to see this today