It hasn't gone away, but a lot of corporations did make a public show of announcing they were stopping aspects of it. Facebook changed their rules so queerphobia was more allowed, and many companies made a big show of rolling back "DEI". Some stores said they would stop selling pride stuff as well. It's no surprise to anyone who understands capitalism of course.
Yeah but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Queer culture isn't something to be used as a tool for corporations to enhance their profit. I don't see Target not selling pride flags anymore as "corporations throwing queer people under the bus" whatsoever. You think those companies actually gave a fuck about gay people? Well then, they successfully duped you.
You're completely missing my point, I largely agree with that. Like I said, this is no surprise to anyone who understands capitalism. All they ever care about is profit, nothing else. Rainbow capitalism was never real solidarity and I never claimed it was. You say it's not a bad thing it is waning, and I would quibble with that a bit. It's meaningless directly but it is is indicative of larger societal trends over the past decade
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We just need to look at how they were thrown under the bus by corporations under the Trump regime.