Saturday, 30 July 2016

Pride Propaganda

A bunch of parodies of soviet propaganda posters repurposed as pride posters. They are to protest Russia's ban on LGBT propoganda.
article // their website with more examples

<p>To show support for gay rights in Russia, a group called <a href="http://pridepropaganda.com/" target="_blank">Pride Propaganda</a>, revises old Soviet Propaganda posters to proudly feature rainbow flags galore.</p><p>Retro visions of a communist utopia are converted into visions of a world free of homophobia.</p><p>Homosexuality was illegal in the Soviet Union and wasn't decriminalized in Russia until 1993.</p><p>Even still, a 2013 law bans the spreading of "propaganda" of non-traditional sexual relations among minors.</p><p>The posters, published anonymously to avoid backlash from hate groups, promote the hashtag #pridepropaganda as a show of support.</p><p>Brutal violence towards the LGBT community often goes unpunished.</p><p>With the Sochi Olympics underway, activists around the world are coming out in support of gay rights in Russia--even corporate advertisers like <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/olympic-advertisers-support-gay-rights/story?id=22427888#1" target="_blank">Chevrolet</a> are showing the love.</p><p>See more Pride Propaganda <a href="http://pridepropaganda.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
I believe they've literally taken the original poster and just coloured parts rainbow and changed the text, rather than imitating the style. They juxtapose the context of communist propoganda/homophobic russia with lgbt pride and a 'homophobia free utopia'. They are celebratory, and have proud figures taking up most of the space and waving rainbow flags, or wearing rainbows.
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