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LGBTQ+ people change social media profile images to corporate logos in honor of Pride Month (hard-drive.net)

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Across Bluesky, X – the Everything App, Facebook, and Instagram, the usual profile pictures of the LGBTQ+ community are changing to drab and dreary corporate logos. The change was made at exactly 12:00am on June 1st and is expected to revert at 11:59pm on June 30th.

One user, Nando Vidal, said the change was in honor of Pride Month.

“We at Nando Vidal Incorporated recognize the past contributions of corporate America to the queer community and wish to celebrate them,” Vidal said in an image posted to their profiles signed with a block letter ‘V’. “We want the CEOs, CFOs, and other members of the C-suite community to know they matter.” [...]

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That actually sounds hella funny to actually do.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Hell yeah, owning the corpos by raising brand awareness using organic marketing

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