Thank you Etsy for your Pride awareness, and stated policies re: discrimination. Language is dynamic and the use of the word D_yke or F_ag is a way of reclaiming the use of a pejorative term, within the LGBT+ community. It was interpreted as pejorative by their software. Please note: Etsy made me correct my original spelling of D_yke. As an experiment try wearing a button on your shirt or dress that reads: I am a F_aG or I am a Dike, and see how your day goes. 30 Pcs Gay Pride Rainbow Enamel Lapel Pin Set- 15pcs Rainbow Gay Pride Flag LGBTQ Lapel Pin+ 15pcs LGBTQ Gay Heart Flag Pride Pins Decoration for Men Women Clothes and Bags 4.9 out of 5 stars 238 16.99 16. It is not necessary to pit one group against the other, unless the real issue is HOMOPHOBIA. Since you seem so committed to veterans who have committed suicide, I am sure you will find a way to honor and support those who are still alive, as well as those who took their own lives. Pride Day, Pride Month, a Pride parade is about the LGBT community reclaiming their human dignity, which many American continue to deny. Pride month is not about the belittlement of veterans who have committed suicide.
The LGFBT community is systematically discrimated against by most institutions in our American society at the federal, state, and local levels of government. My sympathy for those who have lost loved ones to suicide, be they civilians or veterans of foreign wars.