Recognizing history and a societal struggle for a group (which is why June is pride month for LGBTQ, February is Black history month, etc.) does not preclude OTHER people from still treating everyone around them fairly, but it does serve as a reminder that society still has a long way to go before all people are treated equally. That is the point of Gay Pride Month (June). And just because you, or he, or she, believes in 100% equality and acceptance (and while I thoroughly love and support you for being or thinking so), doesn’t mean that that is how society generally receives said minority group, US or abroad. Just because people don’t want to be reminded that humans still mostly suck at being empathetic over “differences” doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be educated on and kept relevant. (the use of “you” is generally applied, not to the specific user replied to)
I don’t personally care if they made a skin or not (I don’t even like Tracer), but I completely understand why others might want it, or even CONCEPTUALLY just want it to be an opportunity, and I do think it would be simply fantastic if they did so using the proceeds to donate to homeless LGBTQ centers, or other LGBTQ-related causes.
There is nothing wrong with LGBT people, they are not disabled and are a norm in society, why should they have their own month? That’s like having a “people month”
Edit: I understand it’s for remembering the suffering, but even with that, and Black History Month, I don’t see a point in remembering the pain of those times, maybe we should all just move on.
You can’t solve a problem by ignoring one and not talking about it, instead that subject becomes taboo. And with taboo there comes stigma. When the taboo behavior isn’t a choice but an innate trait, you can see how that then becomes a big issue.
The best way to end taboos is just to talk about them more often. One good example is just sex in general (not sexuality like gay, lesbian, etc) but things like allowing married couples to sleep on the same bad in tv, which took years!
Eventually it becomes a boring subject and nothing special. And people will begin to see that at the end of day, people are people. And it’s really not all that interesting. And the stories and symbols will lose their necessity and die out on their own.
Yeah I get your point, Blizzard did a good deed with the breast cancer awareness, now people are coming out of the woodworks asking Blizzard to legiterally spend all of their money on charity.
Precisely. And we haven’t reached the point where people just see people as people. We are literally ONE SCOTUS justice vote away from losing the Marriage Equality that the LGBTQ community fought for. We aren’t in a “good place”, and I don’t know how anyone under this current Administration and it’s climate thinks anyone of any minority group is in a “good place”.
Your points are valid, but they will fall upon deaf ears.
There is very little overlap between “people who will ever change their mind” and “people who go onto forums to tell LGBT people that they shouldn’t celebrate pride”.
Yes, and refusing to let people talk about it and people refusing to display it front and center falls into ignoring. Education not being spread on the issue is ignoring. Pretending that everything is exactly the same for them as straight people is ignoring.
oh ok whatever i disagree with that then, its not like it isn’t realistic, i don’t see a problem with it when it reflects reality, i and all my friends do stuff that would probably be considered “watered down token gay” behavior.
nah
our history of oppression is moot now apparently
pride isn’t separating its a celebration of overcoming
are you under the impression gay people aren’t marginalized because they can get married in the us now
pride isn’t separating
I expect you to go and google this stuff because its a very common question, i don’t have the energy to explain 101 stuff to everyone, if you go find some explanations and are open to learning and want me to help explain the answers you found ill answer your questions, ill even friend you and do it im pms.
I find no point in paying attention to LGBT people (the lgbt part, not the people themselves), they just have a different lifestyle, it’s not special or anything. They just prefer different people, just like emo people prefer different styles of clothing or how hipsters prefer different drinks and whatnot.
i didn’t want this thread to become this borderline homophobic mess, i just wanted a pride skin for tracer didn’t think everyone would come telling me gays shouldn’t be happy about who they are lol. oh well. that’s the overwatch community for ya.
Does it matter if I am or not? I see no point in looking back at all the pain and misery the people went through. I’m trying to be optimistic, but I guess people don’t see that.
Just know that a lot of people would appreciate such a thing from Blizzard. It’s a very nice idea.
There are just a lot of people weirdly committed to scouring the internet in search of places to tell others that LGBT people don’t deserve representation. It’s odd.
Accepted, not ignored. The whole point of any sort of acceptance movement is to reach a place where you can safely and openly celebrate your differences, not hide them.
didn’t think everyone would come telling me gays shouldn’t be happy about who they are lol. oh well. that’s the overwatch community for ya.