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i designed a new pride flag for the queer community and shared svg images of it on my repo: [gay](https://codeberg.org/user0/gay) ___ # Queer Symmetry Flag [Queer Symmetry Flag](https://codeberg.org/user0/gay/media/branch/main/images/Queer_Symmetry_Flag.png "Queer Symmetry Flag") ___ The Queer Symmetry Flag combines queer pride flags in an attempt to represent all queer identities in an elegant new design. Unlike other flags, this one builds onto the [Transgender Flag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_flag) which represents all queer [gender identities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity), and so: >The pattern is such that no matter which way you fly it, it is always correct, signifying us finding correctness in our lives. ~[Monica Helms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Helms) [\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_Flag#cite_note-transcastro-53) A rainbow, representing all queer [sexual identities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_identity) and [romantic identities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_orientation), refracts through the Transgender Flag, symbolizing the interconnections of gender, sexuality, and romanticality, how gender identity can shape sexual and romantic identities. Brown and black stripes, representing black, indigenous, (and) people of color (BIPOC), extend from the inner part of the refracted rainbow, wrapping around the [Intersex Flag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex_flag), which "symbolizes the right to be who and how we want to be" in the fight "for bodily autonomy and genital integrity" of all [intersex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex) people ([Morgan Carpenter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Carpenter)).[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_Flag#cite_note-23)[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_Flag#cite_note-24)[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_Flag#cite_note-25) In some versions of The Queer Symmetry Flag, the Transgender Flag peeks through the area containing the Intersex Flag, symbolizing the interconnections between intersex identity and gender identity, how intersex people can identify as trans-feminine, trans-masculine, non-binary, or something else entirely. ___ The Queer Symmetry Flag exists in two main variants - classic style, triangular design - alternative style, a unique new hexagonal design There are a few versions of each style, including a simplified version in which the Intersex Flag fills the area containing it.
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>For the latest cover of Rolling Stone, Roan told the publication that she originally intended to accept the White House’s invitation to the event — but she planned to protest the Biden administration’s involvement in Israel’s attacks on Gaza instead of performing one of her songs. >“I had picked out some poems from Palestinian women. I was trying to do it as tastefully as I could because all I wanted to do was yell,” she said. “I had to find something that’s tasteful and to the point and meaningful, and not make it about me and how I feel. I don’t know if I’ll ever get that close in direct sight of the president ever in my life. This is my shot.” >While Roan said that her publicist ultimately talked her out of her protest (saying, “You f–k with the president and the government, your security is not the same, and neither is your family’s”), she firmly stands by her decision not to attend the event. “I’m not going to go to the White House because I am not going to be a monkey for Pride,” she explained, before criticizing the administration’s walked-back statement about gender-affirming surgery for minors. “Thank God I didn’t go because they just made a huge statement about trans kids.”
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19418149 > Paywall removed: https://archive.is/dNW9T > > >An ambitious new compilation, Transa, will collect music from Sade, Sam Smith, Jeff Tweedy, Laura Jane Grace, and more than 100 other artists to celebrate trans and nonbinary people. The album, which features nearly 50 tracks and runs nearly three-and-a-half hours, will come out Nov. 22 via the Red Hot Organization.
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> Those who previously had access to gender-affirming care are being notified that their care will no longer be provided.
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The direct video: https://youtu.be/xNTGEo9gS4A
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Paywall removed https://archive.is/SkSQB
To clarify, the pictured poster Caroline Kwan is an ally, not a TERF. The TERFs referred to in the title are the ones ‘protecting a very specific idea of what a woman is’
Via [Pics on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1ehtmim/italian_right_wing_prime_minister_giorgia_meloni/) as "Italian right wing prime minister Giorgia Meloni reacts to two girls kissing at the olympics" * [Gay Olympic judo athlete wins gold and celebrates by kissing her girlfriend](https://www.outsports.com/2024/8/1/24099044/gay-olympic-judo-athlete-wins-gold-and-celebrates-by-kissing-her-girlfriend/) - Team LGBTQ's Alice Bellandi brought Italy its first Olympic gold medal in judo since 2008 in scintillating fashion. * [Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the South Paris Arena for the Italy 🆚 Netherlands match](https://x.com/voleybolunsesi/status/1819027064441159781) * [Italian far-right government limits parental rights of same-sex couples](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/italian-far-right-government-limits-parental-rights-of-same-sex-couples) - Gay rights activists on Tuesday denounced as homophobic moves by Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right-led government to limit recognition of parental rights to the biological parent only in the case of same-sex parents. Post was originally titled "Lesbian Kiss at the Olympics / Far Right Italian Prime Minister Reaction" but the pictures are unlikely to have been taken at the same event.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17963323 > Loudly queer, delightfully raunchy and a blast to see live, the singer charted an unlikely path to pop stardom. Fans, bookers, her producer and more explain how it happened. > > Paywall removed: https://archive.is/747IQ
[Canonical YouTube link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq49o-zaYUk&t=1770)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/24720114 > SiegedSec, a collective of self-proclaimed “gay furry hackers,” has claimed credit for breaching online databases of the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank that spearheaded the rightwing Project 2025 playbook. On Wednesday, as part of string of hacks aimed at organizations that oppose trans rights, SiegedSec released a cache of Heritage Foundation material. > > In a post to Telegram announcing the hack, SiegedSec called Project 2025 “an authoritarian Christian nationalist plan to reform the United States government.” The attack was part of the group’s #OpTransRights campaign, which recently targeted rightwing media outlet Real America’s Voice, the Hillsong megachurch, and a Minnesota pastor. > > In his foreword to the Project 2025 manifesto, the Heritage Foundation’s president, Kevin Roberts, rails against “the toxic normalization of transgenderism” and “the omnipresent propagation of transgender ideology.” The playbook’s other contributors call on “the next conservative administration” to roll back certain policies, including allowing trans people to serve in the military. > > “We’re strongly against Project 2025 and everything the Heritage Foundation stands for,” one of SiegedSec’s leaders, who goes by the handle vio, told The Intercept.
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Hello! I created a new LGBTQIA+ community for French speakers: !fierte_lgbtqia_plus@lemmy.ca However, being a cis-gender, heterosexual male, I don't know if I'm the best candidate to moderate this community. I want to make this a safe space for everybody and I want everyone to be able to express themselves freely, without judgement. I would really like to get some help to moderate this space. I was wondering if there was anyone in this community who would be willing to volunteer? The only requirements would be to be francophone or very fluent in French and identify as someone who is as part of the LGBTQIA+. Votre aide sera grandement apprécié! :)