{"id":130015,"date":"2021-06-24T15:46:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T15:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=130015"},"modified":"2021-06-24T15:46:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T15:46:12","slug":"this-is-america-if-your-pride-isnt-intersectional-its-not-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/this-is-america-if-your-pride-isnt-intersectional-its-not-pride\/","title":{"rendered":"This is America: &#8216;If your Pride isn&#8217;t intersectional, it&#8217;s not Pride&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A black, sparkly\u00a0mesh shirt. A bright rainbow wristband. A speedo (my first).<\/p>\n<p>All items I&#8217;ve slipped on recently as I&#8217;ve celebrated Pride Month.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t let the corporations fool you, though. Pride is about much more than glitter and garments and galas.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s about community and paying homage to Black and Latina transgender women who started the movement. It&#8217;s about fighting bigotry and educating people about LGBTQ issues \u2013 emphasis on the &#8220;t&#8221; \u2013 so they can understand harmful legislation when they see it. It&#8217;s about love \u2013 for your family and\/or chosen family, for your friends, for your neighbors and above all, yourself.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m\u00a0David Oliver, an entertainment reporter\u00a0focusing on diversity and equality\u00a0at USA TODAY, and I\u2019d like to welcome you to this week\u2019s &#8220;This Is America,&#8221;\u00a0a newsletter about race, identity and how they shape our lives. Stay with me for the queerest news you&#8217;ll read all day.<\/p>\n<h2>But first, race and justice news we&#8217;re watching:\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom from slavery. But it didn&#8217;t mean freedom for all.<\/li>\n<li>Much of our slang comes from the Black community. Not acknowledging that perpetuates racism.<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;Black girl magic at its finest&#8217;: Juneteenth pageants let women, girls be unapologetically Black<\/li>\n<li>Las Vegas Raiders&#8217; Carl Nassib comes out as first openly gay active NFL player<\/li>\n<li>Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard qualifies for Olympics, makes history as openly transgender athlete<\/li>\n<li>Emmys to allow winners to use gender-neutral term &#8216;performer&#8217; instead of &#8216;actor,&#8217; &#8216;actress&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Japanese soccer star, Washington Spirit forward Kumi Yokoyama comes out as transgender man<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>In conversation<\/h2>\n<p>Join us at 4 p.m. ET Thursday, June 24, on Twitter Spaces! We will be talking about Pride Month, rainbow capitalism, transgender rights and the importance of LGBTQ joy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Pride is a protest \u2014 one we&#8217;re still fighting<\/h2>\n<p>It can&#8217;t be stated enough: Pride began as a protest against police at the Stonewall Inn in 1969. The LGBTQ community owes Black and Latina transgender women, well, everything. We would not enjoy the rights we have today without their tireless, trailblazing efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Corporations corral around the community during Pride Month, plastering rainbows on their social media accounts and brick-and-mortar retail stores to claim they support equality. It&#8217;s called rainbow capitalism, and again: Don&#8217;t let it blind you. Find out what a company stands for and advocates for outside of Pride Month and what kind of organizations it supports before purchasing the cute, colorful top. Because much bigger issues lurk.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>&#8216;It remains purely symbolic&#8217;: <\/strong>Why rainbow capitalism can be harmful to LGBTQ people<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/06\/12\/USAT\/a5b24e98-9e1c-40d5-9106-801e5948dfca-XXX_Marsha_P._Johnson.jpg?width=540&amp;height=&amp;fit=bounds&amp;auto=webp\"><\/p>\n<p>The LGBTQ community owes Black and Latina transgender women, including Marsha P. Johnson, everything. We would not enjoy the rights we have today without their tireless, trailblazing efforts.<meta itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\" content=\"NETFLIX\" \/>&nbsp;<span>(Photo: NETFLIX)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The LGBTQ community \u2013 particular the transgender community \u2013 remains under attack. The U.S.\u00a0hit a\u00a0record for transgender killings, with Puerto Rico at the violent epicenter.<strong><\/strong>In at least seven states,\u00a0anti-trans laws\u00a0have barred transgender girls and women from competing in high school sports.\u00a0Marriage equality and protection from employment discrimination undoubtedly count as wins, but they were\u00a0hurdles to jump. The <em>true <\/em>equality finish line remains a long way away.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, still make room for joy this Pride Month.<\/p>\n<p>In the face of trauma, trans people \u2013 and the LGBTQ community at large \u2013 often persevere and find joy. Experts recently told me the two are inextricably linked, and putting emphasis on LGBTQ joy this Pride Month is especially crucial given the wave of persecution against the community.<\/p>\n<p>Joy will help the community thrive, but first they must\u00a0survive \u2013 especially younger people.\u00a0According to\u00a0The Trevor Project, 42% of LGBTQ young people &#8220;seriously considered&#8221; suicide this past year. More than half of them were transgender and nonbinary.<\/p>\n<p>At least 29\u00a0transgender or gender nonconforming people have been killed in 2021, according to the\u00a0Human Rights Campaign. Black and Latina transgender women are most at risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our survival depends on us finding ways to create joy for ourselves, ways to laugh together and sharing insights that can only come from truly knowing ourselves,&#8221;\u00a0Alex Schmider, GLAAD&#8217;s associate director of transgender representation, told me.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>More joy, please: <\/strong>We need to celebrate LGBTQ joy this Pride Month. Lives depend on it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Will we ever achieve true LGBTQ acceptance?<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure. I want to be more optimistic; I have to be.<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas Raiders defensive endCarl Nassib became the first active openly gay NFL player after coming out in an Instagram post Monday. Nassib alluded to\u00a0a coming-out free world in a video accompanying the post: &#8220;I actually hope that one day, videos like this and the whole coming out process are not necessary, but until then I will do my best and my part to cultivate a culture that\u2019s accepting and compassionate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Could the traditional &#8220;coming out&#8221; narrative someday be a thing of the past?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The answer,\u00a0much like the coming out experience itself,\u00a0is more nuanced than\u00a0waving a rainbow Pride flag and riding off into the sunset on a unicorn parade float. A future in which LGBTQ members don&#8217;t feel obligated to explain or qualify their sexuality will require sweeping societal change.<\/p>\n<p>I know that as a cisgender white gay man, I am free to go outside as I please with little concern for my well-being. I can&#8217;t say the same for my Black and brown queer and transgender siblings. Since they are not free, I am not free. Until sweeping societal change is more realized none of us will be free.<\/p>\n<p>But we will still laugh and sing and march on anyway. For me, that means wearing\u00a0a black, sparkly\u00a0mesh shirt, screaming and writing my way through support for the most marginalized members of my big, beautiful queer family.<\/p>\n<p>I read this somewhere and have adopted it: &#8220;If your Pride isn&#8217;t intersectional, it&#8217;s not Pride.&#8221; Let this be your year-round guiding light.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is America is a weekly take on current events from a rotating panel of USA TODAY Network journalists with diverse backgrounds and viewpoints. If you&#8217;re seeing this newsletter online or someone forwarded it to you,\u00a0you can subscribe\u00a0here. If you have feedback for us, we&#8217;d love for you to\u00a0drop it here.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2021\/06\/24\/why-if-your-lgbtq-pride-month-isnt-intersectional-its-not-pride\/7715607002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A black, sparkly\u00a0mesh shirt. 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