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Many in 🇨🇳China’s gay community are strangers to Western #LGBT cultures, and Westerners are unfamiliar with their Chinese counterparts’ lifestyles
Using Western metrics like #pride month & #rainbowcapitalism 🏳️🌈 to weigh their joy is intellectually flawed
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Using Western metrics like #pride month & #rainbowcapitalism 🏳️🌈 to weigh their joy is intellectually flawed
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#Homosexuality existed throughout ancient China, but #gaypride is a modern American celebration → its irrelevance here is nothing to be appalled about
Demanding Asian policies to be more Westernised reinforces the harmful narrative that homosexuality is a Western “lifestyle” 👬
Demanding Asian policies to be more Westernised reinforces the harmful narrative that homosexuality is a Western “lifestyle” 👬
Gay venues and activities in China are unlike those in the West. E.g. In #Chengdu, teahouses are a popular LGBT integration space 🍵
Allies should NOT assume that they are oppressed based on a limiting framework that reduces the West to #liberalism and the East to #conservatism
Allies should NOT assume that they are oppressed based on a limiting framework that reduces the West to #liberalism and the East to #conservatism
Morning folks!! #PrideMonth has finally arrived. Follow this thread throughout the month for top tips on how to celebrate #Pride in a meaningful way at your charity 1/? #Pride2023
#CharitySoStraight
#CharitySoStraight
Firstly, it doesn't have to complicated! Focus on what #PrideMonth is about: celebration + protest. Think about content that helps readers learn something about your organisation, but more importantly, the people in it and the people you work with. 2/? #CharitySoStraight #Pride
You have a platform. Use it for good. Enable Queer voices to be heard. Offer them a platform. This is not a time to amplify corporate voice. #PrideMonth is the perfect time to offer a platform to your Queer stakeholders, employees, volunteers or partners #CharitySoStraight
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Let's talk about #PrideMonth, #RainbowCapitalism, and #ArtTheft.
@Dickies has released a Pride collection for June, featuring LGBTQIA artists. One of those artists, #AmberIbarreche, designed Art Bibs (overalls) featuring Ibarreche's word&symbol art motifs.
PLOT TWIST 🧵
@Dickies has released a Pride collection for June, featuring LGBTQIA artists. One of those artists, #AmberIbarreche, designed Art Bibs (overalls) featuring Ibarreche's word&symbol art motifs.
PLOT TWIST 🧵
Dead-center on these art bibs is a heart with the words "Learn the Heart Way". How nice. However, what's the background of this heart? A pride flag. BUT. It's not just ANY pride flag. It's the #NewPrideFlag.
And this is where the #ArtTheft comes in.
And this is where the #ArtTheft comes in.
The #NewPrideFlag was designed by Black Indigenous Queer creator, Julia Feliz. #AmberIbarreche's art bibs' dominant artistic feature is the unattributed, uncompensated labor of a Black Indigenous Queer community organizer and activist.
BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE
BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE
June 1 has become the start of a rainbow-themed marketing campaign for every brand across the globe.
This phenomenon is known among the queer community as "rainbow capitalism." #RainbowCapitalism
This phenomenon is known among the queer community as "rainbow capitalism." #RainbowCapitalism
So how do you ensure that Pride month isn't reduced to a marketing gimmick?
Here are some questions you can ask.
Here are some questions you can ask.
1. Do you have any workplace policies that help develop an inclusive work environment?
2. Have you organised an event that promotes LGBTQ+ interests, arts, and businesses?
3. Is your organisation a safe space for members of the LGBTQ+ community?
2. Have you organised an event that promotes LGBTQ+ interests, arts, and businesses?
3. Is your organisation a safe space for members of the LGBTQ+ community?
