• Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com
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    8 months ago

    I did not know. Thanks.

    I still think it would be more appropriate and effective to consolidate similar holidays/acknowledgements/celebrations/etc if the desire is to bring awareness.

    I already have a display planned for June to support the LGBT community; I’ll stick with that for now. Despite the tone of my original post, I do support the cause.

    It’s just easier and more effective if, in the case of LGBT celebrated in June, people and corporations jointly bring awareness and celebrate inclusiveness together to make a statement. Fracturing cohesiveness by alternative dates or sheer redundancy tends to weaken awareness campaigns, cause confusion and can actually, as evident in my post above, be a disservice to the message.

    • a lil bee 🐝@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I do understand your point, but I have to give the same response as what I’ve given those who complain about the acronym being too long or changing too frequently: there’s no executive council in charge of the queer community. George Takei and Ellen aren’t meeting every week to add another letter and holiday. These things just happen, for better or worse.