#1498 Pride and Prejudice
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 22 June 2022
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Summary
Air Date 6/22/2022
Today we take a look at the complicated evolution of Pride Month in an era of much greater LGBTQ acceptance and the simultaneous resurgence of anti-LGBTQ energy that, in many ways, mirrors the arguments of 40 years ago.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award winning Best of Left podcast in which we shall take |
| 0:07.2 | a look at the complicated evolution of Pride Month in an era of much greater LGBTQ acceptance |
| 0:14.4 | and the simultaneous resurgence of anti-LGBTQ energy that in many ways mirrors the arguments |
| 0:22.0 | of 40 years ago. Clips today are from the PPS NewsHour. It's been a minute. The takeaway. |
| 0:29.1 | Recode Media, What a Day, and Democracy Now with additional members only clips, including a |
| 0:35.4 | TED Talk by Chris Southcoat Want and Charlotte's Web Thoughts. |
| 0:46.3 | Throughout this past month, LGBTQ communities in the U.S. have been celebrating Pride in cities |
| 0:52.4 | and states around the country. Corporate America has made itself a part of that too, |
| 0:57.3 | by increasingly tapping into Pride Month and trying to showcase its efforts to increase diversity |
| 1:03.5 | and inclusion. But there are concerns that Pride has lost some of its political focus |
| 1:08.9 | and important issues are not being addressed. Lisa Desjardins has our conversation. |
| 1:14.4 | Judy, companies not only celebrate the month but actively market around it as well. There's a |
| 1:20.2 | term for that rainbow capitalism, Walmart and Target have Pride-related ads, IKEA has |
| 1:26.3 | Pride-themed love seats. Capital One Bank has this feel-good splashy video. |
| 1:32.4 | But for many LGBTQ individuals, it's hardly good times. Several states, including Florida, |
| 1:38.4 | have passed new restrictions, including on-trans gender athletes. Hate crimes remain too frequent. |
| 1:44.9 | Murders of trans individuals are at a new high. It's leading to questions about the purpose of Pride |
| 1:51.2 | Month. Karen Thompson is an author and professor of gender and sexuality studies at the University |
| 1:56.7 | of Southern California. Some people might think corporations are using Pride symbols more. |
| 2:02.4 | People are putting rainbow symbols on their Twitter feeds. And they think that's support. |
| 2:09.0 | But why would you say it's a concern? Well, I think we must understand that it's a gesture of |
| 2:16.5 | support, but gestures of support, nice words, visible images of solidarity aren't always |
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