#and when somehting as pure and wonderful as rainbow direction is amongs the things unmentionable

[thisiskatsblog]

The thing is, the rainbows are part of his brand. He makes money off of rainbow merchandise. If equal rights for LGBTQ people isn't the issue he wants to stand up for then maybe he should drop the rainbows.

Anon you are so far off the mark. Not with the rainbows are part of his brand. It’s true, they are. 

But Harry isn’t trying to make money off rainbows gratuitously. He is part of the LGBTQ community himself and made that very clear in November 2014 already saying gender was not that important to him in a significant other and “don’t knock it til you try it” about sex with a man. That was earth shattering for many at the time. Since then he’s said he didn’t label himself, that he’s exploring issues of identity and sexuality on this new album and there is Medicine. Harry is not straight, and he has said numerous times that LGBTQ issues for him are not a matter of politics but of basic human rights, which are not even in question. He waves a rainbow flag every single time he can get hold of one from one of the fans. His LGBTQ activism is genuine and not just a capitalist pretense so I really don’t understand where you get the idea that equal rights for LGBTQ peopel isn’t the issue he wants to stand for. He had the Forum light up in rainbow fucking last night… ?!

If you get it from what I was saying - then you got me wrong. I was trying to make a few different points

1. These last two shows we have seen that when fans don’t bring the rainbows, no rainbows get waved on stage  - and in a sense I find that gratifying. Please let this be a reminder that the whole LGBTQ activism CAME FROM US, THE LGBTQ FANS. 

 2. Let this also be a reminder to people going to the shows to  KEEP BRINGING THE FUCKING RAINBOWS. They are needed, and without you, they won’t be there. Don’t fall asleep on the job. Our job isn’t finished. And Harry is still half in the closet. 

3. Yes this is definitely also a subtle dig at GayTimes who either didn’t do their research very well, or were misled by HSHQ in the direction of the RainbowHProject to credit them for the all the rainbows and not just the one night of rainbowlights amongst many - not the first and not the best - to keep them from saying who actually started bringing the rainbows and did the first rainbow lights: RAINBOW DIRECTION. In fucking 2014. I’ve deleted two versions of a very bitter paragraph, so let’s keep it to: from what I can see, Harry has very much benefited from the years of hard work we did, and it’s clear from everything he does and says that he recognizes that, but apparently, it can’t be said, and that makes me very sad. And sometimes, like today, it makes me angry. There. I’ve said it. I’ve been keeping that one in for a very long time. It’s one of the reasons I left. At some point, you just feel you’ve done everything you could and when that’s not enough, you need to make sure it doesn’t break your heart. 

That doesn’t mean I am angry at Harry or think his LGBTQ activism is a sham. It’s as genuine as mine, which is also regularly put away as a sham. The reason for that is Harry is still actively being closeted by “someone” - hard to say exactly who, but I sense HSHQ is involved and I am not happy with them for that. And today there are many other reasons not to be happy with them. SO that’s where I am coming from.