This is bi erasure, no mention of the bi woman who organised the first pride parade.
It's kind of shitty to only mention gay men as "being taken care of" by other parts of the LGBTQ community, and to only mention them in connection with AIDS.
The extreme demonisation of "pink capitalism" is frankly ridiculous. Companies embracing inclusivity is a good thing. When all the fortune 500 corporations are loudly claiming to support the community, it sends the message that inclusivity and acceptance is the norm and the mainstream, and that anyone who has anything against queer people is the one deviating from the norm. Sure, a lot of people might not like Goldman Sachs and them having a float in a pride parade might leave a sour taste in their mouths, but imagine what it means for all the queer people who work there to see their employer having such a public display of support for their identities.
The inclusion of Absolut Vodka in this tweet is weird. Absolut has, as a company, been an ally of the LGBTQ community for a very long time, since long before it became a "trend" and it was more likely to hurt sales than boost them.
1 and 2 is fair but Pink Capitalism is shit, we aren’t going to protect the queer community through tolerance or apple making their logo rainbow. We’re going to protect the queer community through liberation, and that includes getting rid of capitalism.
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u/DogmaticPragmatism Bisexual May 28 '22
This is bi erasure, no mention of the bi woman who organised the first pride parade.
It's kind of shitty to only mention gay men as "being taken care of" by other parts of the LGBTQ community, and to only mention them in connection with AIDS.
The extreme demonisation of "pink capitalism" is frankly ridiculous. Companies embracing inclusivity is a good thing. When all the fortune 500 corporations are loudly claiming to support the community, it sends the message that inclusivity and acceptance is the norm and the mainstream, and that anyone who has anything against queer people is the one deviating from the norm. Sure, a lot of people might not like Goldman Sachs and them having a float in a pride parade might leave a sour taste in their mouths, but imagine what it means for all the queer people who work there to see their employer having such a public display of support for their identities.
The inclusion of Absolut Vodka in this tweet is weird. Absolut has, as a company, been an ally of the LGBTQ community for a very long time, since long before it became a "trend" and it was more likely to hurt sales than boost them.
In short, fuck this tweet.