Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Latest attack on positive LGBTQ visibility makes the religious right look pitiful and desperate


In case you haven't heard (but I'm pretty sure you have,) Kellogg's announced that in celebration of the upcoming Pride month, it will be coming out with a special type of cereal:

“Together with Pride” is coming to stores in May and will have rainbow-colored cereal hearts in the colors of the rainbow flag. And they’ll be covered in edible glitter. Related: Converse drops Pride sneaker line for 2019 & this time it includes trans flag shoes The mascots of various Kellogg’s cereal brands – like Tony the Tiger and Toucan Sam – appear on the box because they’re “Together with Pride.”

Also in celebration of the month, LEGO will be coming out with an Pride-theme set:

The set, which hits the Lego online store June 1, includes 11 monochrome figures, each with its own hairstyle and rainbow color, according to a Wednesday statement. The colors in the set are inspired by the rainbow flag, according to the statement. The set also includes black and brown colors "to represent the broad diversity of everyone within the LGBTQIA+ community," as well as pale blue, white and pink representing the transgender community, and a purple drag queen figure, according to a description of the set from designer Matthew Ashton.


With those announcements comes the religious right freak out from various groups and personalities such as:

'Marjorie Taylor Greene tries to hide her anti-Semitism behind a dose of transphobia' and other Wed midday news briefs

 

Hurry up and self-destruct, Marjorie Taylor Greene. And I got a list of Republicans you can take with you when you do.

Marjorie Taylor Greene defends anti-semitic comments by lashing out at “gender destruction” - What an absolutely trashy person. Giving certain people oxygen is a good thing to a degree. It shows how quickly their ignorance withers and dies in the light and clean air. 


What Pride celebrations are, what they should always be about, and what they should never allow themselves to become - My post from last night. Putting it in the news briefs because I feel strongly about it.