I belong to a group called Cursillo. It's a Catholic retreat - but there are Protestant forms. It's hundreds of years old. Their symbols are the rainbow and rooster. I cannot wear my shirt with the embroidered rainbow because of its new representation.
I was in the Sexual Diversity Program at the University of Toronto and used to love marching - that was like 25 years ago. However, at some point lesbians started to come out as trans under the influence of Pat Califia and several times I witnessed men performing oral sex on the street. I am not a prude and I don't want to see this kind of behaviour in Public when there are children around. I live in Puerto Vallarta now and it's the gay capital of Mexico. Mexicans know how to party and it's still very friendly and easy-going.
I'm a Lesbian and, like most Lesbians I know, we had our separate women's community and never joined with gay men and certainly not the het men claiming our identity and lives, but that flag briefly was a way of our existence being acknowledged. Now the members of this vile cult and their supporters have dirtied and stolen everything they can that was ours. They have taken over our community and erased our history on every level. In two days, what used to be our Dyke March will be happening with men in charge and obeying all the men's rules. It's still unbelievable to me, but it's happening. The last Dyke March I went to, I think in 2016, was the year that the San Francisco Main Library had an exhibit showing weapons to kill us with, like bats covered in barbed wire, axes, swords, machetes, with the men wearing shirts proudly saying "Die cis scum," "I punched a TERF," etc. And when two Lesbians held signs in our march, about the children being surgically and medically harmed by doctors in the cult, they were attacked and knocked down (including the one using a cane to walk) by a huge group of women. I was later told I'd better "get with it to fit in," etc. which is what I've never done.
So this time of year, which used to be a brief celebration that we were safer now, is glaring in how much in danger we actually are, while almost everything said or written in the news, etc. is about "trans," which is predominately heterosexual men perving on us and some self-hating women wanting male privilege.
I hope the injustice of this might reach some of the young people in the cult as a reason to say no to it all.
I came out in 1971 and remember the beautiful Lesbian community we had, including Michigan and the local festivals for women only. The “march” no longer has anything to do with us. I see the rainbow flag and feel nothing but sadness and contempt.
I remember proudly displaying a rainbow flag and advocating for gay marriage. I'm glad we have gay marriage finally but I'm not waving any rainbow flags anymore.
Praise our God AND the rainbow which HE created to signal HOPE to our world!
How ironic it is that LGBT claims they created/ "own" the rainbow when really the one true God of the universe did this... and then also how they claim they can "remake" our children into something they can never be, after God Himself created them in HIS own image. This is all the work of Satan-- trying to go against God in so many ways!
However... John 16:33 "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” Praise the Lord!
Amen....sadly as my son wrote in a lyric video he did called "burn in hell jezebel"...."all this pain has been too much to watch". I certainly wish I knew more of what he has been through. All I know is about 9 months ago he suddenly woke up to the evil agenda he had been sucked into and stopped it all. I hope one day he can help others, but right now I think he just wants to forget about all of it.
Yes, sadly, it is. The rainbow to me still stands for hope… I’m personally holding fast to that but, everywhere I go it’s being flaunted as sexual… sex is important but there are MANY other wonderful and beautiful parts to life. This all encompassing focus on sex is causing young people to miss out on so many other precious things in their lives. ❤️🩹
Some of the fence slats outside of the local QUUF church are painted the rainbow flag colors--all of them. This is the theme of the next Sunday service: "The Alphabet, Bathrooms and Come Play." In the 1980s and 90s, when the word “welcoming” became a code word for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people, the Unitarian Universalist Association launched the Welcoming Congregation Program to help us engage in undoing homophobia – and later, transphobia – in our hearts and minds, our congregations, and our communities. On this last Sunday of Pride Month, what does this look like in 2025?"
How can they possibly be promoting this harmful agenda to their children?
The rainbow, once a sign to God’s creation (us) of His promise to never flood the earth again has been perverted by the evil one to kill, steal, and destroy our children .the 3 objectives he has always had. Please return, Prince of Peace (Jesus)! We’re desperate for You. We, Christians, believe you have overcome the world and you are the way, the truth, and the life. Prayers our children come to that truth and see the deception for what it is..lies and evil. I didn’t escape Mormonism and find Christ for my sons to be indoctrinated by a much more diabolical cult.
Tainted: rainbows and unicorns. Especially together. Such a shame. Our ginormous rainbow unicorn float was so much fun for the family in the before times.
I know this is not going to be a popular opinion, but that’s never been enough to hold me back from speaking my mind before, so…
I have never seen the LGBTQ+ “rainbow” as a true rainbow, but rather as a mockery and misappropriation of one. This emblem, which has only six colors, is (in my estimation) a representation of pride, lust, and sexual deviancy- and brazen rebellion against God, against what He has deemed as good, natural, and correct.
A true rainbow has seven colors, and represents a promise, a divine covenant, one that reminds us all of God’s enduring patience and mercy, of His refusal to turn away from us, even when we turn away from Him.
I cringe when I see a rainbow anywhere except for the sky after a fabulous rain shower. The man-made rainbow is indeed tainted. Forever I will associate pain, great loss and trauma with rainbows, again, the one's not in the sky.
I belong to a group called Cursillo. It's a Catholic retreat - but there are Protestant forms. It's hundreds of years old. Their symbols are the rainbow and rooster. I cannot wear my shirt with the embroidered rainbow because of its new representation.
Years ago I attended a pride festival with my wife and son.
Lovely vibe and atmosphere.
Just a joy. People free to express who they loved.
Straight and curved sharing conversation.
Not a whip in sight. (Etc with oil).
Now sex is front and centre.
And that says just about everything about the movements ‘transition’.
Calm the entitled fuck down.
Save it for you and your lovers private space or a club in Berlin where people have the choice to pay the ticket or stay away.
I was in the Sexual Diversity Program at the University of Toronto and used to love marching - that was like 25 years ago. However, at some point lesbians started to come out as trans under the influence of Pat Califia and several times I witnessed men performing oral sex on the street. I am not a prude and I don't want to see this kind of behaviour in Public when there are children around. I live in Puerto Vallarta now and it's the gay capital of Mexico. Mexicans know how to party and it's still very friendly and easy-going.
I'm a Lesbian and, like most Lesbians I know, we had our separate women's community and never joined with gay men and certainly not the het men claiming our identity and lives, but that flag briefly was a way of our existence being acknowledged. Now the members of this vile cult and their supporters have dirtied and stolen everything they can that was ours. They have taken over our community and erased our history on every level. In two days, what used to be our Dyke March will be happening with men in charge and obeying all the men's rules. It's still unbelievable to me, but it's happening. The last Dyke March I went to, I think in 2016, was the year that the San Francisco Main Library had an exhibit showing weapons to kill us with, like bats covered in barbed wire, axes, swords, machetes, with the men wearing shirts proudly saying "Die cis scum," "I punched a TERF," etc. And when two Lesbians held signs in our march, about the children being surgically and medically harmed by doctors in the cult, they were attacked and knocked down (including the one using a cane to walk) by a huge group of women. I was later told I'd better "get with it to fit in," etc. which is what I've never done.
So this time of year, which used to be a brief celebration that we were safer now, is glaring in how much in danger we actually are, while almost everything said or written in the news, etc. is about "trans," which is predominately heterosexual men perving on us and some self-hating women wanting male privilege.
I hope the injustice of this might reach some of the young people in the cult as a reason to say no to it all.
I came out in 1971 and remember the beautiful Lesbian community we had, including Michigan and the local festivals for women only. The “march” no longer has anything to do with us. I see the rainbow flag and feel nothing but sadness and contempt.
I remember proudly displaying a rainbow flag and advocating for gay marriage. I'm glad we have gay marriage finally but I'm not waving any rainbow flags anymore.
Praise our God AND the rainbow which HE created to signal HOPE to our world!
How ironic it is that LGBT claims they created/ "own" the rainbow when really the one true God of the universe did this... and then also how they claim they can "remake" our children into something they can never be, after God Himself created them in HIS own image. This is all the work of Satan-- trying to go against God in so many ways!
However... John 16:33 "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” Praise the Lord!
Amen....sadly as my son wrote in a lyric video he did called "burn in hell jezebel"...."all this pain has been too much to watch". I certainly wish I knew more of what he has been through. All I know is about 9 months ago he suddenly woke up to the evil agenda he had been sucked into and stopped it all. I hope one day he can help others, but right now I think he just wants to forget about all of it.
We have to take it back.
Love, Indio
Yes, sadly, it is. The rainbow to me still stands for hope… I’m personally holding fast to that but, everywhere I go it’s being flaunted as sexual… sex is important but there are MANY other wonderful and beautiful parts to life. This all encompassing focus on sex is causing young people to miss out on so many other precious things in their lives. ❤️🩹
Some of the fence slats outside of the local QUUF church are painted the rainbow flag colors--all of them. This is the theme of the next Sunday service: "The Alphabet, Bathrooms and Come Play." In the 1980s and 90s, when the word “welcoming” became a code word for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people, the Unitarian Universalist Association launched the Welcoming Congregation Program to help us engage in undoing homophobia – and later, transphobia – in our hearts and minds, our congregations, and our communities. On this last Sunday of Pride Month, what does this look like in 2025?"
How can they possibly be promoting this harmful agenda to their children?
IMHO, willful, blind ignorance.
The rainbow, once a sign to God’s creation (us) of His promise to never flood the earth again has been perverted by the evil one to kill, steal, and destroy our children .the 3 objectives he has always had. Please return, Prince of Peace (Jesus)! We’re desperate for You. We, Christians, believe you have overcome the world and you are the way, the truth, and the life. Prayers our children come to that truth and see the deception for what it is..lies and evil. I didn’t escape Mormonism and find Christ for my sons to be indoctrinated by a much more diabolical cult.
Tainted: rainbows and unicorns. Especially together. Such a shame. Our ginormous rainbow unicorn float was so much fun for the family in the before times.
I know this is not going to be a popular opinion, but that’s never been enough to hold me back from speaking my mind before, so…
I have never seen the LGBTQ+ “rainbow” as a true rainbow, but rather as a mockery and misappropriation of one. This emblem, which has only six colors, is (in my estimation) a representation of pride, lust, and sexual deviancy- and brazen rebellion against God, against what He has deemed as good, natural, and correct.
A true rainbow has seven colors, and represents a promise, a divine covenant, one that reminds us all of God’s enduring patience and mercy, of His refusal to turn away from us, even when we turn away from Him.
They are not the same.
Old-school rainbow flags still give me hope. If I see a "progress" rainbow flag in a store window, I walk away. Same with websites -- I click away.
I cringe when I see a rainbow anywhere except for the sky after a fabulous rain shower. The man-made rainbow is indeed tainted. Forever I will associate pain, great loss and trauma with rainbows, again, the one's not in the sky.
I’m not a parent of a “trans” child but the only rainbows I like these days are real ones.
I’m in the same boat-you described my daughter perfectly. Hang in there. We fight back.