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Topic	NYC LGBT groups claim Pride celebration is too 'commercialized,' splinter off
hollow_shrine 06/28/19 9:48:41 AM #11:	Patty_Fleur posted... They have all the rights they need. This month is unneeded now. It's all about money and looking politically correct. Ah, I feel like we're finally seeing you. pinky0926 posted... So what's your angle on this admiral, we're all dying to know yes. please tell us. we're dying to know. knutjob posted... Seems counterproductive. The aims of the lgbt movement are to be less marginalised not more so. It's not about marginalization. It's fear that these corporations actively support a depoliticized Pride that doesn't elevate the visibility of the LGBTQ community or its struggles and just seek to turn the event into a giant party so it can sell shit. Or worse, it does all of the above while supporting anti-LGBT organizations or causes. This is called 'pinkwashing.' I think these people are right to worry. It's one thing for Hilton Hotels to have a float in the parade. It's another entirely when they stamp their logo on every Pride themed banner, t-shirt, and beer coozie across the whole event as they did in DC Pride 2016. Them painting their logo in a rainbow is just lip service. What are they doing for the community to be taking up that much air in the room? These t-shirt cannons and 'Hilton+Pride' doubloons are little more than cheap party favors. As more corporate dollars flow into Pride events, the it centers local politics surrounding LGBT issues and queer liberation less and less. Worse, I think there are people attending these parades who are there because it's place to be for the weekend. They have no idea about the surrounding issues. They just attend pride for the parties, or the right to call themselves an LGBT all, and then promptly forget about it Sunday night. For them, the corporatization of Pride is somewhere between culture vulture and commodotization. Not helpful. Romulox28 posted... my perception of pride month from seeing all the ppl i know on social media doing pride stuff in NYC/Philly is that it's basically a month long bar brawl with rainbow flags in the background. not that im complaining, i love bar crawls, but it did strike me as interesting that it seemed like a very non-political type of event Exactly. And that's historically not true. Especially now. And I kind of am complaining. --- Ignorance is a choice https://imgtc.com/i/7UnK3hx.jpg <cite>hollow_shrine posted [p:923964285] in NYC LGBT g... [t:77825118]...</cite> <quote><cite>Patty_Fleur posted...</cite> <quote>They have all the rights they need. This month is unneeded now. It's all about money and looking politically correct.</quote> Ah, I feel like we're finally seeing you. <cite>pinky0926 posted...</cite> <quote>So what's your angle on this admiral, we're all dying to know</quote> yes. please tell us. we're dying to know. <cite>knutjob posted...</cite> <quote>Seems counterproductive. The aims of the lgbt movement are to be less marginalised not more so.</quote> It's not about marginalization. It's fear that these corporations actively support a depoliticized Pride that doesn't elevate the visibility of the LGBTQ community or its struggles and just seek to turn the event into a giant party so it can sell shit. Or worse, it does all of the above while supporting anti-LGBT organizations or causes. This is called 'pinkwashing.' I think these people are right to worry. It's one thing for Hilton Hotels to have a float in the parade. It's another entirely when they stamp their logo on every Pride themed banner, t-shirt, and beer coozie across the whole event as they did in DC Pride 2016. Them painting their logo in a rainbow is just lip service. What are they doing for the community to be taking up that much air in the room? These t-shirt cannons and 'Hilton+Pride' doubloons are little more than cheap party favors. As more corporate dollars flow into Pride events, the it centers local politics surrounding LGBT issues and queer liberation less and less. Worse, I think there are people attending these parades who are there because it's place to be for the weekend. They have no idea about the surrounding issues. They just attend pride for the parties, or the right to call themselves an LGBT all, and then promptly forget about it Sunday night. For them, the corporatization of Pride is somewhere between culture vulture and commodotization. Not helpful. <cite>Romulox28 posted...</cite> <quote>my perception of pride month from seeing all the ppl i know on social media doing pride stuff in NYC/Philly is that it's basically a month long bar brawl with rainbow flags in the background. not that im complaining, i love bar crawls, but it did strike me as interesting that it seemed like a very non-political type of event</quote> Exactly. And that's historically not true. Especially now. And I kind of am complaining. --- Ignorance is a choice https://imgtc.com/i/7UnK3hx.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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