tweet by a Twitter user by the name of Rudy (@theneonrequiem).It featured an image of one of the more recent reworkings of the Pride flag.
It features brown and black stripes on the original rainbow flag, as well as the colors of the trans flag. The brown, black and trans flag colors are faded and partly erased.
A slogan across the image says: “Get your sh*t off our flag”.In an accompanying caption, Rudy, a person of color, says, “‘Queer’ was never joyous.
It wasn’t joyous when my fellow gay men were being beaten to death by homophobes screaming the word at them. And it isn’t joyous now when it’s used by men who beat women up and the corporations who support them.”On his Twitter bio, Rudy says he is an “ambassador” for the right-ring Gays Against Groomers organization.