Hear Me Out: Corporate Pride is Tacky, Pointless and Counterproductive

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🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode of Hear Me Out… these gays are trying to murder my neutral palate. Pride Month festivities come at a time this year when LGBT+ rights are under attack across the country. Brands like Target and Bud Light are facing backlash for lifting up queer voices — but is this all a symptom of pride having gone a little too mainstream? Comedian, writer and podcast host H. Alan Scott joins us to discuss his vision for a pride to be proud of… and, at length, the trouble with rainbows. If you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can now email the show: [email protected] Podcast production by Maura Currie You can skip all the ads in Hear Me Out by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/hearmeoutplus for just $15 a month for your first three months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Hear Me Out. I'm Celeste Headley. June is Pride Month and we're in a
0:05.5	climate when across the nation, LGBT plus lives and livelihoods are under attack.
0:10.5	You're almost certainly aware of the controversies brewing around Bud Light and
0:14.4	Target two companies that have expressed support for their queer community in
0:18.2	recent months. And that support is not surprisingly rooted in what many call
0:22.9	Rainbow Capitalism or monetizing queer culture without really supporting it.
0:28.6	The first Pride was a protest, so in this world of rainbows and corporate
0:33.8	sponsorship has pride strayed too far from its uber progressive origin story.
0:39.1	There are so many things within Pride that takes away from the rebellious sort of
0:45.9	counter-culture nature. It shouldn't be mainstream. We are niche.
0:49.7	Comedian and writer H. Allen Scott joins us in just a moment. Stay with us.
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1:54.1	Welcome back to Hear Me Out. I'm Celeste Headley.
2:24.1	You're hearing the voice of Marcia P. Johnson and early and iconic figure in the fight for
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2:43.8	That is not actually true by Marcia's own admission, but the work she did do with
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