#all lgbtq flags are based off of one another and take from older flags. sunset lesbian took from the lipstick lesbian flag | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

kimtranssexler · 3 years

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my contender for #1 most useless queer discourse is the toothpaste flag discourse. i went on twitter for literally two minutes and saw a ‘queer twitter news’ account ‘exposing’ someone for using the toothpaste flag. like holy shit is this what counts as news. is this concerning enough that it needs a callout. literal nonissue.

#actually i dont trust anyone whos like vehimently against the toothpaste flag and shits on it any chance they get #it honestly seems very 'anti-gay men' any time someone does that #like gay men existing and expressing their gayness is somehow oppressive to bi people and lesbians #idc if you dont like it but making up reasons for it being problematic is stupid #'it reinforces that blue is for boys and pink is for girls' ok so does the bi flag and the lesbian flag and the pan flag and the trans flag #and the genderqueer flag #so why is it suddenly an issue when gay men do it #and the thing abt it being 'colorshifted lesbian flag'#1. its not literally 'color shifted'. the stripes were purposefully picked out and have meanings #2.#all lgbtq flags are based off of one another and take from older flags. sunset lesbian took from the lipstick lesbian flag #which in turn took from the gay bear and leather flags #all flags took from the original rainbow flag #its the fucking lgbtq COMMUNITY. we take from each other. we have similarities. we share things.#we have ALWAYS done that.#so why is it suddenly an issue when gay men do it.#like why is it perceived as a threat when mlm do it? do you perceive gay men as threatening?

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