[Image Description: An LGBallT ball of Gilbert Baker’s 8 stripe rainbow flag: “Hi friends! As pride month just ended, I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about what July should be.”
A trans ball, a lesbian ball, and a bi ball come onto the picture. They are all motion-blurred and their eyes are closed and angry. Trans is holding a pitchfork, lesbian has a torch, and Bi has a sword. They yell “QUEER WRATH MONTH!!!” while the rainbow ball watches.
The rainbow ball says “Gotta say, I love the enthusiasm, but July already has something…”
The trans, lesbian, and bi balls open their eyes and the motion blur decreases. They look at the rainbow ball. Bi says “does that mean no more sword?” Rainbow says “Yes.” in big text. Bi says “awe damn…” in little text.
The rainbow ball turns into a ball with the disability pride flag. The disability pride flag is a black flag with five parallel zig-zagged stripes, one blue, one yellow, one white, one red, and one green, The disability ball says “July is Disability Pride Month!” with yellow stars around it.
Trans, lesbian, and bi look in awe. Lesbian has put the torch away and says “oooh!”, trans has lowered their pitchfork ad says “wow”, bi has lowered their sword and says “What flag is that?”
Disability ball says “I’m glad you asked! This is the disability pride flag! It was made by a disabled woman named Ann Migall after an ableist massacre in Japan in 2016. It was made in 2019.”
Disability ball continues: “In Migall’s words, the black is for mourning those who have faced Ableist violence, and for rebellion and protest. The zigzags represent how disabled people navigate barriers and are creative while doing so. They represent breaking free from authority and control.
“The different colors of the stripes are for different kinds of disabilities; mental illness, intellectual and developmental disability, invisible and undiagnosed disabilities, physical disabilities, and sensory disabilities. The stripes are parallel to show solidarity within the Disabled community.”
Trans and lesbian look on in awe and say “nice”. Bi looks at their sword. Bi says “that is very cool Disability, but I do now have a sword and a lot of rage so if there’s not a wrath month, what should I do?”
Disability says “Very good question, bi! Simple! Use that energy to be an ally to your Disabled friends! Did you know that Disabled people don’t have marriage equality in most parts of the world? Get mad about that! Disabled people make up an estimated 26% of the world’s population, we are the largest minority yet most public spaces are inaccessible! Most don’t even know about our pride month! (Not to mention the rampant ableism in the queer community…)”
The comic shifts back to trans, lesbian, and bi. They are motion-blurred again and their eyes are angry. They have raised their weapons once again. Trans says “No marriage rughts?! Here we go again!” Lesbian says “I’m angry again.” Bi yells “Disability Rights!”
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