It\u2019s well renown that Apple has always been a company that embraced the LGB community. There\u2019s a reason, that back in the day, going into a gay bar was almost like going into an iPhone store display.<\/p>\n
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Over the years, I\u2019ve looked with amusement and occasional interest at the Apple \u201cPride” Wallpapers. When the Apple Watch became available, I took interest in \u00a0their watch faces and matching bands. I think I may own one of their so called \u201cPride\u201d bands.<\/p>\n
That being said, there were very few of these bands that I liked.<\/p>\n
If the photos do it justice, this year’s offering is abysmal. It really looks like someone just \u201cPhoned it in.\u201d There\u2019s no grace, charm, or elegance.<\/p>\n
I suppose I shouldn\u2019t be surprised. Apple claims it was based on whatever vomitious iteration of the so called \u201cPride Flag\u201d is in vogue now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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I\u2019ve come to see the current banner of the LGBTQIA+xyz not as a \u201cPride Flag\u201d but as a \u201cShame\u201d flag.<\/p>\n
A flag with which, I want no association, and feel no kinship. Today\u2019s flag represents the commandeering of an entire community and the bastardization of what was once something that brightened the fronts of establishments.<\/p>\n
The old flag was a simple rainbow, bright happy colors that made folks smile because they echoed the beauty of an actual rainbow. Some religious fundamentalists (primarily those who hated gay people for existing at all,) were offended, but generally, folks could look at a rainbow flag and smile despite their personal beliefs.<\/p>\n
The flag of today appears as conflicted as the LGBTQIA+xyz community it represents. There is one mathematical view that the new flag accurately represents the TQIA+xyz agenda. If you look at the black stripe as the mathematical symbol \u201cGreater Than\u201d what you see is<\/p>\n
TQIA+xyz > LGB<\/p>\n
With each additional group that is added on the left side of the black stripe, more of the original rainbow representing the LGB part of the community is occluded.<\/p>\n
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Fully 1\/3 of the rainbow is now occupied by the TQIA+xyz representation. If this progression continues, the rainbow itself will be gone entirely in another few years.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t help but see this when I look as today\u2019s so-called \u201cPride\u201d flag. I see it as a warning, a \u201cWe\u2019re coming for you<\/em>,\u201d message.<\/p>\n Even the color palette is discordant. Pastels overlaid on primary colors simply don\u2019t look right.<\/p>\n In that, perhaps the new \u201cPride\u201d flag is honest in its representation of the TQIA+xyz agenda, and what is being done to the community at large. What\u2019s left of the old community, that is.<\/p>\n The other problem with the new flag is how nationalistic it appears. It reminds me of flags which in the past have symbolized oppression. There\u2019s perhaps some truth to that as well, given the manner in which more conservative LGB folks are treated by the vocal \u201cInclusive<\/em>\u201d TQIA+xyz elements these days.<\/p>\n Going into it they had to know that if they applied real artistic values, the design would be rejected. Had they used the flag\u2019s color palette to make something interesting and beautiful, they\u2019d probably have been accused of not \u201cProperly\u201d representing all the groups equally.<\/p>\n So I suppose they had no choice but to \u201cPhone it in\u201d. Their design constraints probably demanded equal volume of colors and thereby equal representation.<\/p>\n What they came up with, just looks too \u201cbusy\u201d and very distracting.<\/p>\n I am grateful to Apple for trying. I\u2019m also grateful for the reminder that June \u201cPride\u201d will soon be upon us. For me this means that If I want to have dinner & drinks with any LGB friends in Palm Springs, I\u2019d better do it soon. Otherwise we\u2019ll be into July with the blistering heat pounding down on us. As more moderate, bordering on conservative gay men, we\u2019re tolerated. But during Pride Month in Palm Springs it\u2019s simply not a pleasant place to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s well renown that Apple has always been a company that embraced the LGB community. There\u2019s a reason, that back in the day, going into a gay bar was almost like going into an iPhone store display. Over the years, I\u2019ve looked with amusement and occasional interest at the Apple \u201cPride” Wallpapers. When the Apple … <\/p>\n![\"MFFP4ref](\"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MFFP4ref_AV1.jpeg\" "\\"MFFP4ref_AV1.jpeg\\"")
I\u2019d have hated to be the poor schmuck that was called upon to design Apple\u2019s new watchband and wallpapers.\u00a0<\/p>\n