Afghanistan’s accidental gay pride
24th May 2011
Because, of course, every flag means what it means to some chick writing for the Guardian.
If you are gay and proud, Afghanistan is quite likely the last place on earth to show it publicly. How, then, are we supposed to make sense of the recent very conspicuous appearance of the rainbow-coloured gay pride symbols all over the streets of Kabul and other urban centres?
Well, perhaps because it’s not inevitable that a rainbow flag means ‘gay pride’?
Note that you didn’t hear a lot of sniggering about the Ukrainian ‘Orange Revolution’ being a bunch of Protestants — because, you know, they’re Europeans and not a Bunch of Ignorant Wogs.