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[benji]

…I still don’t understand the black and brown stripes.

They're there to remind you that queer people can also have Black and Brown bodies. I'm not making this up btw.

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While retaining the common six-stripe rainbow design as a base, the "Progress" variation adds a chevron along the hoist that features black, brown, light blue, pink, and white stripes to bring those communities (marginalized people of color, trans people, and those living with HIV/AIDS and those who have been lost) to the forefront; "the arrow points to the right to show forward movement, while being along the left edge shows that progress still needs to be made"

Black is also death apparently lol:

In 2018, Quasar re-designed the existing rainbow flag to incorporate the transgender flag, as well as black and brown stripes to represent LGBTQ+ people of color, with the black stripe having an additional meaning for "those living with AIDS, those no longer living, and the stigma surrounding them".

That seems kind of problematic, to suggest Black people equal death!

Quasar is non-binary and uses xe/xem or they/them pronouns. This article uses they/them for consistency.[1]

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