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I know you don't use tumblr much anymore, but if you see this:

I'm planning on using the labrys flag for something, but i don't really want to include the triangle on the flag purely because i know that some people don't like its inclusion, and/or think it's Nazi imagery.

I'm just wondering: do you think if i replaced the triangle with a stripe that it would be received better or worse? or should i just not bother and keep it with the triangle?

Again, it's alright if you don't reply to this, i know you don't use tumblr much and im not really expecting or demanding a response either, I'm just kinda making a shot in the dark here.

I think some might see it as better for removing Nazi imagery, while others might see it as worse for removing a symbol of resistance to fascism and oppression. And even more might hate it for being a “terf symbol.” But if you want my opinion, do what feels right for you as a lesbian. It’s your flag, who cares if anyone else has a problem with it? And if you’re not a lesbian and you’re using it as part of a collection of flags or something, keep it to the original one with the triangle, for the sake of history.

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do you support transmasc lesbians? he/him lesbians, butches on testosterone, lesboys, etc.

I feel like I’ve gotten this exact same ask before. Is this a bot? (why the fuck would someone make a bot for this lmao)

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I don't use tumblr anymore except to get on every once in a while to check for messages. But I just wanted to say something... anything, really.

It's a hard time to be trans right now. Part of me takes some comfort in the fact that two entire terfs I knew IRL have changed their minds on a number of trans topics purely because of the conservative crusade going on in the US. Basically, "so why are the main people I see making these points also saying that I'm killing babies by advocating for abortion and trying to ban pride parades?"

It's really, really hard not to see the sometimes word-for-word repetition of homophobic language from the 20th century being used on trans people. Protect the children, protect the children, protect the children. (Unless it's from guns.) It's about the rights of parents to protect their children from the sexual manipulation of the gays/transgenders. It's about protecting women from the sexually violent lesbian/transgender predators.

I'm taking comfort in my trans community right now. All of my trans friends, all of the trans people in my local lgbt group, all of my trans clients. Just knowing that we're here and we're not going anywhere, knowing that we have each other, is what I'm holding onto.

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can non jewish lesbians use the labrys flag

It’s a lesbian flag. If you’re a lesbian and you want to use it, you can use it

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It really does get on my nerves when trans men throw fits about the labrys flag. They’re not lesbians, so why do they think they have a say? Why do THEY get to tell all the trans and nonbinary lesbians who have made and used beautiful trans labrys edits that they are spreading terf propaganda?

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Nothing makes me happier than seeing trans lesbians using the labrys flag 💜🖤🤍

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Marchers at the Gay Freedom Day Parade in San Francisco. The focal point is a woman wearing a cape and a leotard with “Gay Power” emblazoned on the front in glittery cursive. She is carrying a shield depicting an outline of a labrys and the words “FIGHT BACK”

ph: Elaine Gay Jarvis | 1978

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can cis lesbians reclaim the labrys flag?

Of course! Any lesbian can use it because it's a lesbian flag.

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I agree with the idea that "gay men perpetuating “blue for boys”" is a bad sentiment, and I think there's no problem with many flags using blue and pink to associate with masculinity and femininity, but jsyk the blue and pink in the bi flag actully don't mean that! The pink actually symbolizes same sex/gender attraction and the blue symbolizes different gender attraction!

In my opinion, it doesn’t matter what they “actually mean” when it comes to my point. The reality is that the flag symbolizes something that focuses on masculinity and femininity in some way (in this case, bisexuality which is attraction to any gender) and it uses pink and blue to carry out that focus. And especially since every other flag has that theme, it overshadows any “actual meaning” that the colors may have.

Colors have connotations and meanings in our society, and that’s going to be more potent than any assigned meanings given to them for a specific thing unless the entire connotation and cultural meaning changes for that specific thing. I’m not saying that the assigned meanings don’t matter at all, because they absolutely can matter to a subset of people. But on a society-wide scale, and in context of pride flags in general where this is all but the rule, it’s not immune to the theme of using pink and blue to represent femininity and masculinity.

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I Really love how you reclaimed something that TERFs Ruined and fixed to make more for Transwomen! I love it! Thank you and good rest of the day! Be safe.

Terfs didn’t ruin it in my opinion, everyone else moved away from the labrys and they were the only ones who kept using it. If anything, WE ruined the labrys by allowing it to only exist in terf spaces. And that’s a mistake that can easily be undone.

Thank you for the support 💜

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could u do a labrys + butch flag edit :)))

Are these what you’re talking about? These were made by other people already. If you would like a different variation or something I can do that!

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I am doing labrys flag edits. Any requests?

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Arcane lesbian icons

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terfs will keep using whatever flag they want. All we can do is use it / support it enough to drown them out.

wishing all terfs a very stop fucking using the labrys flag

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look idc about the optics, the labrys flag is untoppable

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I love this blog so much. I plan on going to pride this year and I have a couple flags and one of them is the labrys flag. But I’m scared to take it with me because I’m worried I could get abuse or something for it but blogs like this make me feel safer about going out with it, thank you so much ❤️

You’re very welcome! If you’re openly trans-positive and people still choose to judge you for the labrys flag, they’re just a lesbophobe. Have fun at pride!

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