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"Pride is primarily a social emotion. It is about position, confidence, and
power. This is why, for the LGBTQIA+ community, collective pride is adopted as
the primary emotion to fuel unity and belonging.
June is Pride Month, celebrated the world over by LGBTQIA+ individuals as a
reclamation of strength. But there’s a much longer history to this emotion,
which can be produced in a great variety of contexts.
The circumstances of “pride” change over time, and the way this emotion is felt
is directly tied to the social, cultural and political reality of different
eras, and different places.
Pride, like the diametrically opposed shame, cannot be locked down.
Tracing the history of this emotion can help us understand how it came to be
the empowering concept it is today – even as certain groups try and hijack it
for their own means."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
