Rainbows
By MsTickle
@MsTickle (25180)
Australia
January 23, 2021 8:17pm CST
My granddaughter was looking for suggestions for a theme for her daughter's 3rd birthday. I suggested a rainbow theme. My granddaughter looked at me and said, "Granny, rainbows are the logo for gay pride. I don't think it would be appropriate."
I was a bit shocked, not by the logo but the concept itself. I was not sure what to reply. What do you all think?
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@kaylachan (71762)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Jan 21
Wow, just wow. I wish I could say 'I can't believe'.... but I can. Children usually don't have any filters. I honestly don't know hat to say. However, I do feel this would be a good time to talk to her about inclusivity. It's better that she understand this now.
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@Orson_Kart (6842)
• United Kingdom
27 Jan 21
@MsTickle Yes, but who is the greater? Your granddaughter, who I am sure is great, or your great granddaughter?
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@rebelann (112966)
• El Paso, Texas
24 Jan 21
Yes, me too @MsTickle this younger generation would wonder at a sentence I once read in a book when I was still in school "as the girls skipped gayly about the town"
So many words have different meanings these days and now they added images that were once just about nature and nothing more.
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@RasmaSandra (80736)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Jan 21
She knows more than I do. In that case how about a theme about the Disney princesses?
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
27 Jan 21
Your granddaughter is right. Symbol for gay pride is rainbow. I just found that out too. What does your granddaughter like that would make her delighted for her birthday theme?
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
29 Jan 21
@oahuwriter I would just like her to know that she can be anything she wants.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
28 Jan 21
@MsTickle
Maybe she'll be a marine biologist.
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@Orson_Kart (6842)
• United Kingdom
27 Jan 21
Actually I think the rainbow is the symbol for the LGBTQIA+ community, but please don't ask me what each initial stands for.
I just wish people would invent new words and symbols instead of causing confusion and possible upset, especially amongst the older generation who may only be aware of the old meanings.
"No milk today
My love has gone away,
The company was gay,
We turned night into day"
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@GooglePlus (3830)
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27 Jan 21
She is 3 year old and She knows so many things than me here I didn't knew Gay has logo of rainbow.
Things are changing with generation
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
27 Jan 21
As you say, my great granddaughter is (nearly) 3 but it is her mother, my granddaughter who knows about the world. Things are always changing. Sometimes for good, sometimes not so good. Sometimes things are changed unnecessarily and we don't get a say in it.
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