Labpunk
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Labpunk is a rejection of the ideas that you’re something to be studied, observed, looked at, etc. It is a denial of the things that people use to dehumanize someone for simply just existing. It encompasses the refusal to accept that you’re merely a thing to look at, and the passion that you deserve to be treated normally and the love and support you know you deserve.
The name Labpunk comes from denying the concept that you are a lab experiment, denying to be an experiment to be observed. It rejects the idea that there can be “failures” in human biology, and it rejects the idea of “perfection” and “imperfection” in humanity.
Labpunk fights for and believes in unique individuality, that human biology cannot be right or wrong, acknowledges that many minorities are “supported” on the basis of people simply wanting to observe them, and most importantly, it fights for and believes that we are nothing less than deserving of respect, love, and care.
The dark grey in the flag represents our power to be heard and our strength through being able to live through our experiences and grow past what others believe of us and into what we believe about ourselves. The red represents our passion to be treated how we deserve and our passion for our voices to be heard. The white represents the healing found when denying these external views of us and our personal acceptance and love. The green represents community.
There are no restrictions or rules on who can or cannot use Labpunk: if you feel like this term applies to you in any way, feel free to use it!
