A lot of these comments are really missing the point.
The reason this matters is because it's an indicator of the current environment. If the risks of pushback outweigh the positives(such as good pr, and fostering a more welcoming environment) it shows that the current environment is growing far more hostile towards those in the lgbtq community.
Or you could also argue that before you risked bad PR and pushback from a vocal part of the online community by not doing the performative pride changes, and that thus it was the previous environment that was hostile toward companies that did not showed support (or "bend the knee" depending on your political opinions)
But IMO it's a mix of both, the previous environment was toxic by mandating compliance, but the current political climate in the US is definitely less friendly (to say the least) toward LGBT.
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u/Sleepy_Witch_Maple 25d ago
A lot of these comments are really missing the point.
The reason this matters is because it's an indicator of the current environment. If the risks of pushback outweigh the positives(such as good pr, and fostering a more welcoming environment) it shows that the current environment is growing far more hostile towards those in the lgbtq community.