Time magazine's rainbow cover sparks outrage https://t.co/Rbu8t99qpF
— Washington Blade (@WashBlade) May 25, 2016
This article quotes one objection to the Time cover:
“Dear @time this is a gay pride flag, not a trans pride flag. This is erasure and a failure of basic due diligence,” one person tweeted.
Erasure? Really? The cover of Time Magazine is the opposite of erasure, whether you like the illustration or not. According to Wikipedia, “Unlike within the wider LGBT communities worldwide which have adopted the Rainbow flag, the various transgender individuals, organizations and communities around the world have not coalesced around one single flag design. Instead there are several flags used and endorsed by the varying transgender individuals, organizations and communities.” The cover design is a striking graphic inspired by the far better known rainbow flag, which our enemies certainly regard as including the T even if you don’t. This is the sort of fake controversy that causes people whose support we need to roll their eyes and turn away.