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Gaia giving corporate pride realness by just making pride flags be whatever they want.

This is the abrosexual flag - what I assume Gaia meant to do.


There are a lot of LGBTQ+ users on this site and when the first pride item of the month is....a recolor of a pride item but is not representing anything other than a colorscheme???

I just wish the website could put some effort into Pride.
You could ask users what pride stuff/flag representation they would like to see.

Today's recolour was... a headscratcher, to say the least. I pride (heh) myself on being able to remember various pride flags, even those that are lesser known. But I did not recognise today's flag.

I spent a whole a** hour trying to find this flag online. Used multiple LGBT+ tools that are designed to help you find flags, as well as some specialised search tools. But eventually, one of my many, many tools found something. And it was for... a tumblr page called yourfavisafactive. As far as I can tell, that's not even the flag that people with who have factives typically use. I can't really say, and I don't want to talk over the experiences of a group I'm not a part of. But, regardless, its not a LGBT+ flag. Which, taking an item that was originally about LGBT+ representation and going on to remove all LGBT+ representation during queer pride month is certainly a move. I don't think I particularly understand the logic behind releasing this now, when people are perhaps expecting LGBT+ related flags and representaiton.

People with systems, such as those with DID and OSDD, deserve representation. But was this... actually factchecked? Genuinely, people with DID and OSDD, please, tell me if this is a flag y'all actually use? Educate this dingus, please. sweatdrop

As for the recolour RIG...

I'm in danger. lol

I saw "Anurla" and just... knew. I do feel its a bit strange to title the companion item Anurla when Anurla is a character who exists in Gaia's universe, and does not look like Hades, the character who is being recoloured here, remotely... but do I care? No. rofl I want that kindred. Need it. All because it references a Gaia character that I adore. I have no shame.

Similarly, I need that recolour of Alruna's summon in Anubis. I love Alruna's Summon, and I love Anubis. Its a match made in... well, hell, I guess. xd I love the placements, I love everything about it. Its beautiful.

Finally, congratulations to the users on their items! Everyone absolutely crushed it, and it makes me happy to see multiple older items get some love! emotion_kirakira

todays LQR made me go ? i guess its nice that the pride twins get a new release but its not rlly a pride flag(? unless ive missed a new one which is completely possible lol) idk. id like something new for pride this year even if its just a little ribbon with multiple options for each flag. easy pass w dragonfruit recolors.

passing on all the gaiamades in the rig as well. i guess its called dark sides as the items themselves scheme on the more devilish/demon side, but the colours are so bright and vibrant... id have liked some new booming or something if we were gonna go with bright colours. this also means that fan from hell will most def be a BE.......... well at least if they follow the bright colour trend on it i prolly wont feel a need to pick it up. i just really prefer dark colours i think so most of summer might be a wash for me in terms of gaia releases.... ill be waiting (im)patiently for fall i guess!

Dragonfruit? Yes, please.
Pride items? Yes, please.
Dragonfruit on the Pride item when its not a Pride flag? Uhhhhh...

I love the colors in Dragonfruit, especially the skirt and legs in Mellow Pride, but I dont think it should have been fully made in the scheme until after all the flags and people who uses them got representation. We are still missing several flags.

Could have made the skirt separate and one of those 30/31 days items if you wanted more colors not related to Pride flags. I'd have snatched that up the minute I saw the announcement. Like seriously, the Mellow Pride skirt and Moe Emo lace cami or even the Sparkle Hunters shirt would be perfect for something like that. Handful of colors and not another hair ribbon instantly make that a perfect idea for me.

User items look cool, as always. I'm definitely going to be picking a few up.

Maybe it's my bad eyesight or monitor settings but the Dragonfruit Pride isn't really reading as the abrosexual flag to me (if that's what it's supposed to be)

I don't think any of the Gaiamades are for me this time, congrats to the folks who got their items! I like seeing melty without black, it looks so much better. And Harlequin suits Heart of the Cards extremely well

I will eat my hat if the BE isn't Beloved Fan From Hell. I'm ******** calling it now