The New Progress Flag

[+ glutes]

 

In the quest to appease LGBTTQQIAAP (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, ally, pansexual) communities seeking representation, Portland-based designer Daniel Quasar has proposed an update to the iconic rainbow flag.

 

https://qz.com/quartzy/1303522/the-new-rainbow-pride-flag-is-a-design-disaster-but-a-triumph-for-lgbtq-inclusiveness/

[+ purplekow]

A bit tired of the what about me aspect of this. While I understand the benefit groups tp have a label so as to be recognized, I really could care less about ipersonally being labelled and probably would prefer not to be. So if you want to take one of those garish colors off, that would be fine with me.

[+ nycman]

Looks like a symbol for cultural appropriation to me.

 

One group paving over another....sigh.

[wsc]

Someone once said that if you can't write your idea on the back of a business card, you don't have a clear idea. I have some doubts about universal application of the sentiment, but confusing and cluttered imagery, as this flag seems to be to me, transmits a garbled message. If it needs an eleven letter abbreviation to fit everyone in, maybe we don't have a clear idea of who we all are, and need to find a philosophy that unites us instead of so many levels of exacting specificity to define our differences.

 

By contrast, the Human Rights Campaign logo, is elegant in its simplicity.

 

This kind of thing just seems to me to be part of the increasing rigidity of a Leftist orthodoxy, wherein all are accepted that agree completely and unreservedly.

Edited May 13, 2021 by wsc