3rd Sep 2016, 4:16 PM
in SRS Hiatus
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Jocelyn
3rd Sep 2016, 4:16 PM
Er-hem. Pardon me while I enter saleswoman mode. ;P
So, as you may or may not know, I have a RedBubble store for Rain merchandise (primarily with t-shirts in mind, but stickers, mugs, notebooks, etc. are available too). If you didn't know, you can find all that right here -
http://www.redbubble.com/people/littlelynn84/collections/424678-rain-webcomic?asc=u
One of the more popular items is a shirt depicting the main cast, chibified, holding umbrellas in the colors of their relevant pride. Recently, I'd had a few requests for characters to be depicted by themselves (like just Rain with her umbrella and no other characters, for example). Honestly, this was kinda something I'd been meaning to do for a long time anyway; it just kept getting thrown onto the backburner while I tended to other things. Well, since there was interest and I had the time, I finally got to it.
And now I have fifteen solo chibi designs, consisting of each of the the characters on the pride shirt, PLUS a variant for several characters who have more than one "look" in the story, PLUS Heather who finally brings us an intersex pride umbrella. Each one of these works on a shirt or a sticker or whatever your little heart desires. Please check them out if you're interested. ^_^
So, as you may or may not know, I have a RedBubble store for Rain merchandise (primarily with t-shirts in mind, but stickers, mugs, notebooks, etc. are available too). If you didn't know, you can find all that right here -
http://www.redbubble.com/people/littlelynn84/collections/424678-rain-webcomic?asc=u
One of the more popular items is a shirt depicting the main cast, chibified, holding umbrellas in the colors of their relevant pride. Recently, I'd had a few requests for characters to be depicted by themselves (like just Rain with her umbrella and no other characters, for example). Honestly, this was kinda something I'd been meaning to do for a long time anyway; it just kept getting thrown onto the backburner while I tended to other things. Well, since there was interest and I had the time, I finally got to it.
And now I have fifteen solo chibi designs, consisting of each of the the characters on the pride shirt, PLUS a variant for several characters who have more than one "look" in the story, PLUS Heather who finally brings us an intersex pride umbrella. Each one of these works on a shirt or a sticker or whatever your little heart desires. Please check them out if you're interested. ^_^
User comments:
Worry not! That will be addressed. ^_^
When you make others into your enemies, they become your enemies.
As it is, Gavin is a Straight Ally. That said, he is kinda okay with trans/intersex girls if Ana is any indicator (plus, he was into Rain).
Lemme see if I remember these flags correctly. Lavender/Pink/White is transgender, Rainbow is gay/lesbian (although Rudy/Ruby is possibly also slightly genderfluid), Black/White is straight pride/ally, Black/Grey/White/Purple is asexual/demisexual (they use the same flag, but demisexuals can become interested in relationships under ideal situations), Pink/White/Purple/Black/Blue is genderfluid, Heather's flag is intersex. Emily is pansexual, and Fara is bisexual. I had to look Fara up because I never paid much attention to her sexuality being different.
TL:DR Everyone is equal and we should accept everyone for who they are. Judge on personal merit not external image.
"Everyone does have a right to be accepted but" ... but nothing. Whether I am gay, straight, or bi. Whether I am cis or trans, if you want ANY respect of your own, you can't be the type of person that sees someone who never did anything to Rain, but happens to be cis and hetero as somehow privileged. Yes he does. Not much, but among LGBT people he is an outsider. His being an ally is looked at with distrust.
We ALL have our burdens to bear.
But he still does. Just as white people in a predominantly black community get to be looked at like they are slaveowners.
If there are two ways to interpret something, and one of them offends you, it's a good general policy to assume that the other one was probably the intended one. Nothing in Gavin's character says he is likely to show up at a pride gathering with an umbrella that would hurt his friends' feelings, so just maybe you should consider that he's there as an ally.
And anyway, this isn't a pride rally; it's a picture of friends, drawn in chibi style. Look at it and smile. Relax and enjoy.
P.S. Imagine what answer Rain would give you if you asked her whether Gavin is welcome.
He is an ally. Period.
Discounting that, or any other ally just for the fact that they are cis and het, hurts the LGBT community. It is absolutely shameful and the precise type of prejudice that the LGBT community fights against. You should be absolutely ashamed of yourself, poster.
It IS the symbol of ALLIES of the LGBT movements, when surrounding their respective flag, either when surrounding the catch-all rainbow or any specific flag, and has been for quite some time. Perhaps before you call any of us who ARE LGBT ignorant, you should educate yourself, Poster, because you very plainly are on this topic.
Its not the same as being LGBT+, but it is also something. Especially since allies are also family, partners, and children of people who are LGBT. If they want to show their strong and open support of us by all means.
Intersex has always been people like me who were born with partial hermaphroditism, as far as I know.
My knowledge of this is first hand, and I'm glad to see my pride flag finally in a Rain chibi umbrella picture.
She has CAIS (Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome), which is an intersex condition. Although she never specifically names it, she explains it in detail in the first panel of this page: http://rain.thecomicseries.com/comics/719/
Turns out I was thinking of Ana...omg I'm such an idiot, plz ignore me. XD
If only there were a toy Emily (not a plush one, but solid) I'd get one immediately.
I think I squeed a little...
Indeed! There will be more chibis in the future, including several characters and perhaps a few prides that didn't make it into Set 1. ^_^
https://www.google.com/search?q=intersex+flag&source=lnms&tbm=isch
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9e/d0/50/9ed050fda726c088b538dffdf670fad0.jpg
I never said the flag I was familar with was the correct flag...
Also AAAAAAA THESE CHIBIS ARE TOO CUTE
http://www.redbubble.com/people/littlelynn84/collections/424678-rain-webcomic?asc=u