Pride Memes For The Tail-End of Pride Month

Happy Pride Month, y’all! With the last weekend of June behind us, it’s fair to say that Pride 2023 is officially over. The parades are done, the parties are over, and companies are getting ready to change their logos from rainbow back to their regular color scheme. I used to live in a strange city …
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Explain Like I’m 35: What Are Gay Test Drawings? (June 11, 2023)

What would Pride Month be without a little (not so) good natured gatekeeping of the LGBTQ community? Traditionally, social media has seen this as a time for companies to make their logos rainbow colored in ‘solidarity’, and as the basis for some of most infuriating arguments to have ever graced God’s green Earth.  This includes …
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Pride Month Memes To Celebrate Companies Turning Their Logos Rainbow on June 1st

In past years, pride month campaigns have been a double-edged sword. Queer people feel like they’re being pandered to by companies that don’t actually care about them. Homophobic people hate that companies outwardly support the LGBTQ community and feel like it attacks their deeply held beliefs. For the past five years, people have argued on …
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LGBT Memes To Hold You Over Until Pride Season

Hi Gay! On Friday, we celebrated Trans Day of Visibility, which made me all the more excited for Pride month this June. It really couldn’t come quicker. The LGBT community has had a rocky year since Pride 2022. There’s been a massive increase in anti-LGBT protests, and bigots are bringing back old-school techniques for hating …
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LGBTQ Memes For National Coming Out Day

A fun fact about me is that not only am I gay, but I’m also a homosexual. That was my go-to line for coming out of the closet when I was a teenager because I thought taking a comedic approach to tell people about my gayness would ease the awkwardness of the whole ordeal. Spoiler …
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All The Best “I’m Partnering With” Pride Month Tweets That Skewer LGBTQIA+ Corporatization

The relationship between the USA and its queer population has always been …complicated. First, it was straight-up illegal, then it was something that only got discussed behind closed doors (if you were lucky). While there are still way too many prejudiced people around, those of us that came of age in the 21st century have …
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A Rainbow Of Memes To Continue Celebrating Pride Month

Great news! It’s still June, which means almost every company you come across still has a rainbow slapped on their logo in the hopes of looking woke and raking in some of that sweet, sweet pink money. Don’t let the corporations fool you, though. There are still ways to enjoy Pride month without ever exchanging …
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Skittles Is Getting Roasted For Their Gray ‘Pride Edition’ Candies

It’s Pride month, and we all know what that means. The world is celebrating the  LGBTQ+ community – and brands are bending over backwards trying to show their solidarity. While some companies opt to create rainbow versions of their logos (ahem, Raytheon), others color-fy their home pages or offer special editions of their food products. …
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