Supporters of Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill gather outside Walt Disney World this month. The most famous of these anti-LGBTQ+ laws is the piece of Florida legislation banning instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in schools between kindergarten and third grade, the so-called “don’t say gay” law. A rash of laws concerning the teaching of human sexuality in school curricula, banning trans student athletes and stripping parents of the right to help their gender-variant children obtain appropriate care have popped up in numerous red states this year.Īs same-sex marriage is now part of the fabric of America, conservatives have chosen to exploit Americans’ unfamiliarity with trans people and piggyback on parental anger over the perceived overreach of Covid-era school closures, conflating it with an insidious sense of “wokeness”, in the hopes of finding an electorally viable sluiceway for anti-LGBTQ+ hysteria. Yet in the past few months, those victories have come under threat as the US has witnessed a pronounced acceleration of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and legislation, fueled chiefly by misinformation about what it means to be trans and hysteria over so-called grooming. In 1985, 89% of parents said they would be sad if they discovered their child was gay or a lesbian. For all the terrible crises of our century, LGBTQ+ people’s rights were solidly enshrined, and attitudes were shifting in line with legislation. As recently as 2020, the court, then with two Trump appointees, ruled that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protected gay, lesbian and transgender workers. Widespread acceptance of same-sex marriage rights, gay people serving in the military and the need for protections for LGBTQ+ people followed. The demise of the homophobic Defense of Marriage Act in 2013 was followed by the end of the federal ban on marriage equality in 2015.
At that time, it seemed as though the US supreme court would hand down a landmark ruling immediately before Pride Weekend every couple of years. It came towards the end of a slew of political victories for the LGBTQ+ cause. Written by the rightwing academic James Kirchick, the piece was obviously meant as a provocation, but its argument that “for those born into a form of adversity, sometimes the hardest thing to do is admitting that they’ve won” was at least considered cogent enough at the time to publish. In addition to Waithe, Gordon also designed a red gown for Amber Heard, with whom he walked the red carpet.I n 2019, the Atlantic ran an opinion piece titled “The struggle for gay rights is over”.
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Colorful striping has long been a code of the House, and so it is a delight to extend this happy pairing of colors to the MET Gala red carpet." It always was going to be a suit, but what would complement it? Would there be a cloak, a long coat, a cape? Through an exchange of sketches and ideas, the House settled upon bold stripes in silk faille, a nod to the Fall 2018 Finale ball skirts. Creative director Wes Gordon worked closely with its wearer to create a look that reflected her personality. "Celebrating the House’s tradition of colored stripes, the suit is a joyful play of saturated hues. Herrera's final show as a Creative Director of her namesake house.
The house detailed its work on this season's round of Met Gala designs on the Carolina Herrera blog, which noted that Waithe's cape was not only a political statement, but also a nod to fashion history, namely Mrs. Both her suit and the cape were designed by Wes Gordon for Carolina Herrera, a departure for a design house typically known for breathtaking ball gowns, corseted silhouettes and grand entrances.