Man /fuck/ london pride and its bi erasure bs http://metro.co.uk/2017/05/30/there-wont-be-any-bisexual-groups-marching-at-london-pride-6670337/
fuck the commercialisation of pride in general tbh
using marginalised groups for free pr/marketing should be downright fucking illegal
@colon_three I'm a cishet male and yet still find this as bad as if not worse than actual prejudice.
Its a dangerous path - consider RU where just a few years ago they scandalised Eurovision with the (fake) lesbian imagery of t.a.t.u and far from improving LGBT rights/safety its now one of the worst countries in Europe in that respect..
@vfrmedia @colon_three Commercialization is not, in fact, as bad as or worse than actual prejudice, and to various degrees we've been able to use corporate support/sponsorship/etc. to further the movement and economically pressure for rights. Please don't say things like this. And Russia's anti-gay path is more about the government's relationship to/use of the Orthodox Church for political gain than a Eurovision performance.
@skysailor @colon_three Sponsorship of marginalised groups does have benefits but also risks furthering stereotyping.
re RU and state/religion, this dominance was already happening in 00s around time of Eurovision performance - my comment was more in surprise that RU state TV *would* do such a thing!
To those outside direct LGBT community this (and other events there) did look like views were changing, alas does not appear to be the case longterm.
sorry but this shit boils my piss