Hello! Welcome to COTL, a discussion place for the BIPOC community at The Avocado. Posted the first 3 Wednesdays of the month.

Greetings fam, HP here at the end of a month of Pride festivities and observance, and at the beginning of another month of Pride! I hope you’re all well (and, if it’s summer, moisturized and thriving!)

June is LGBTQIA+ Pride month in many parts of the world, coinciding with the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in NYC. The pride flag is really lovely:

Read about other Pride flags here: https://www.hrc.org/resources/lgbtq-pride-flags

June 19 is Juneteenth, an American holiday that has been commemorated and celebrated by Black Americans for over a century. It also has a gorgeous flag:

Here’s a brief explanation of this flag: https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/17/us/juneteenth-flag-meaning-explainer-cec

And, July is Disability Pride month. This month also has a fantastic flag!

This flag was designed by Ann Magill in 2021. Here is a post explaining the significance of the colors used here: https://disability.lacity.gov/understanding-disability-pride-flag

This week’s prompt is open, but if you would like to use this space to reflect on these various ‘Prides’, please feel free to do so. Did you do anything to observe these days? Do you have resources/articles/etc to share with the community?

As always, you’re welcome to engage this space in the spirit of community and collective pride.

Now, the fine print-

Thread Rules

1. We ask that only those who identify as people of color participate in this discussion. White Avocados, while valued members of this community, should remain in ‘lurk’ mode.
2. Shaming and hateful speech are unacceptable.
3. Please keep potentially traumatic content safely behind spoiler tags.
4. Nobody on this thread is more or less a person of color than anyone else. (We will not set clearly delineated boundaries on who qualifies as a ‘person of color.’ As a starting point, this thread uses the definition of ‘non-European heritage of sufficient prominence to affect one’s navigation of a society built on white normativity.’ However, we recognize that there are identities which skirt either side of the divide. If people feel that they meaningfully experience the identity of being a person of color, then they are welcome to participate.)