Rainbow-washing and performative allyship of pride with Derek Tran Yellow Glitter

This week, we're joined by our favorite Derek Tran once again to chat about the state of COVID, rainbow-washing, performative allyship, and showing up authentically.
In this episode we talk about:
Derek's Tinder profile. Yes. Really. COVID mask mandates going down in many parts of America Rainbow-washing and performative allyship from companies Goods Unite Us revealing of where corporate sponsorship is going toward The capital reason why it's valuable to rainbow-wash and market pride Why we all still need to support pride as a protest The shift away from hiring police at pride Why everyone needs to stop eating at the evil chicken shop Showing up authentically yourself this pride season Speaking with our action vs. performance References
Goods Unite Us Queer Liberation March You can find Derek at:
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