US Politics on Yik Yak | Actually, gay communities often demand their own pride celebrations in other countries. Framing supporting LGBTQ+ people abroad as imperialism is ridiculous. Saying that their governments should not ban their right to pride is not imperialism.

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US Politics 14h

Actually, gay communities often demand their own pride celebrations in other countries. Framing supporting LGBTQ+ people abroad as imperialism is ridiculous. Saying that their governments should not ban their right to pride is not imperialism.

US Politics 19h

Gay pride culture is a western thing, we shouldn’t expect other cultures to have the same tolerances and celebrations that we do. Palestine is being oppressed and genocided it doesn’t matter if there’s gay ppl here when everyone is dying

Anonymous 14h

We wouldn’t need pride celebrations if it were just accepted as normal

Anonymous 14h

Non western cultures do have their own indigenous roles for LGBT people. For example In India trans folk had traditional communities and villages which were repressed by colonization and is now being replaced by a western style pride culture. That replacement IS a part of imperialism. Many examples of this

Anonymous

#1 14h

We saw this clash when Matty Healy kissed a man on stage as a protest of the Islamic Malaysian states repressive policies in Kuala Lumpur. That kind of pride protest is normal in the west to celebrate LGBT culture but in Malaysia it set back DECADES of progress by the Malaysian lgbt community and he was condemned by all parties. The right wing anti western indigenous nationalist parties used that as an example of cultural imperialism done by white people and peoples rights were impacted.

Anonymous

#1 14h

Other cultures having roles for queer people doesn’t mean they’re treated well. Trans people exist in India. They’re treated terribly. The reason western pride culture has appeal is the demand for equal rights

Anonymous

#2 14h

Also you don’t get to gatekeep whether or not queer people from other cultures choose to have pride parades

Anonymous

#1 14h

That’s not the result of western pride culture, that’s the result of local bigotry. Matt Healy’s decisions were his own… even if they were unwise, the reason the country didn’t kill him over it is because they still have to get along with the west.

Anonymous

OP 14h

Human rights - including the right to vote and the right to gay marriage - is a western norm.