Texas wanted the rainbow crosswalks gone. Instead, Austin’s LGBTQ+ history may have just become a whole lot harder to ignore. 🌈😂
In this video, we’re talking about the wonderfully ironic aftermath of Texas cracking down on rainbow-painted crosswalks in Austin — and how the controversy helped turn attention toward a permanent historical marker recognizing the city’s queer community and its history.
Because apparently the plan was:
🚫 Get rid of the rainbow
🏳️🌈 Accidentally generate more LGBTQ+ visibility
📚 Put queer history somewhere paint remover can’t reach
That is an absolutely spectacular own goal.
We’ll look at what happened, why these crosswalks became such a political target, the importance of preserving LGBTQ+ history, and why attempts to make queer people less visible have a funny habit of doing the exact opposite.
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