Part of the original Pride flag designed and sew by Gilbert Baker in 1978
The original rainbow flag was conceived with 8 stripes. Gilbert Baker assigned specific meaning to each of the colors as seen below.
If you wish to find out more, The Gilbert Baker Foundation
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Suzi is an English lesbian standup comedian, her podcast is all about the inspiring lives of LGBTQIA+ people.
My kid refused to believe me when I told him that I grew up with an electron gun in the house that fired accelerated particles at a screen, he stated that simply couldn't be safe and no one would allow that. I told him that was the 70's for you
This one in particular gets my goat
From one man who knits to all who make their way here, a hearty welcome.
Gay brothers, straight brothers, trans brothers, all are welcome no matter how skilled in the craft you are.
I love to see new work, completed and in progress, so show off your stiches my boys!!!
Yay!!! Nice to meet you brother
I hated Reddit towards the end and I'm loving the Fediverse, it feels like the internet of the 90's
I'll be staying here, I quite reddit a while back and I prefer the fediverse to the corporate hellsites
Just a reproduction of the old r/yarn on the other site, a place to swap, sell and give away yarn. I thought I would set up a Canada only version
I like it so far, been trying to create a community all day and that hasn't worked though, but I'm patient
I loved frames and will not hear a word said against them
It's starting to feel like the 90's again, but without frames ;-) I haven't felt this engaged with the internet in years
I bounce between being angrily out and worried about the safety of my family. I'm not worried so much about the politicians here in Canada, I don't believe that the the alt right rhetoric will win them government, but I do worry about the nutjobs they will inspire to act out violently.
I noticed this year that while my town was drowning in rainbows this time last year, there are maybe 2 or 3 on businesses and I haven't seen one on houses this year.
So, sadly, m'husband and I have agreed that there will be no Pride flag on the house this year and we'll walk the pride march with a careful eye on the protesters who will turn up.
17 years ago my husband and I were visiting a friend in Nova Scotia to see if we wanted to move here (we did) and she knew Dan Blenkinship and arranged for a private tour of the site, so we got to see the money pit, 10X and had tea with Dan and his wife. A great experience to have after reading about Oak Island as Brit kid