#and they certainly shouldn't get the satisfaction of having others spread negativity for them

[cripplemagics]

idk if i'm in different circles now or what but i'm seeing a lot of negativity about pride as like. . . a month? mainly because people either 1. don't like rainbow capitalism or 2. just find it plain annoying because they're 'not THAT kind of gay.'

i get not liking rainbow capitalism. however if we keep tearing it down and getting mad at it it'll become easier for corporations to listen to bigots. and besides: for people who can't necessarily hide a package from a queer business but can hide shit in a target bag or whatever, rainbow capitalism is a way for them to still get pride goods. YES CORPORATIONS SHOULD OPENLY SUPPORT THE QUEER COMMUNITY ALL YEAR AROUND. but they're not gonna do that if we boo people about it.

on the 'i'm not THAT kind of gay' statement: i'm not sorry you feel uncomfortable around queer people who are happy and proud to be happy and queer. yes flamboyant people can be hard to be around if you're an introverted person (i am introverted so i get i really do) but like. . . why drag the concept of pride down just because you don't like people being loud about shit? we're celebrating the fact that our community has been torn down and torn apart and yet despite it all we're still here. its celebrating our history and what it took for us to get here where we have made progress.

and its a month to remember that there are other countries where queer people are still heavily oppressed to the point of being killed for being who they are and loving who they love. it's so much more than blasting gay anthems and twerking and waving flags. its still a time to protest against bigotry. and if we gotta riot again, so be it.