One comment likened the first image to attending a college and the second to wearing the college's merchandise. 'This should be so much more gay than the other picture, but it's not. 'Yes, this was me two years ago, but this should be gay,' Beaudoin posited. In a TikTok posted in April, Giulia Beaudoin asked viewers why a mirror selfie of someone with green hair, wire rimmed glasses, and black high-top Converse is 'so much more gay' than a photo of herself dressed in rainbow suspenders and a hat emblazoned with 'PRIDE.' But that doesn't mean they're safe from rainbow capitalism. Mashable is celebrating Pride Month by exploring the modern LGBTQ world, from the people who make up the community to the spaces where they congregate, both online and off.Īs well-intentioned as Pride merchandise may be, mullets and cuffed pants capture the 'queer aesthetic' far better than anything dripping in rainbow logos.
