Nonetheless, the banner, which made it into the Spirit’s pregame hype video, was forcibly removed and the Pride have yet to make any sort of public statement about the removal. The Orlando Pride telling fans they can’t display a banner with the word “gay” on it is like telling fans they can’t display a banner with the word “woman” or “Black” on it. LGBTQ+ rights are not up for political debate LGBTQ+ rights should be inalienable human rights akin to racial or gender rights.
Let’s just start by explaining the word “gay” is not political.
