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  • NateSwift@beehaw.orgto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneRule
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    11 months ago

    There’s a mall near me that converted into basically a strip mall a few years ago. The only store that’s still open and that has an indoor entrance is the movie theater and it feels like walking through a space that shouldn’t exist every time I try and get to it











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    In 2018, Blåhaj grew to prominence as an internet meme, with social media users posting humorous photos of it in their homes. Around this time, Blåhaj began to be associated with the LGBT and particularly transgender communities. IKEA was seen as acknowledging this phenomenon (despite not openly declaring such) when the company ran a series of ads in support of the 2021 Swiss same-sex marriage referendum featuring the toy. Due to this association, Blåhaj has become commonly regarded as a symbol of the online transgender community.

    In November 2022, IKEA Canada hosted a giveaway offering transgender people a special edition Blåhaj in the colors of the transgender pride flag, and with their name embroidered on their fin. One of these was gifted to a sexual health centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    A photo description also notes that the colors are somewhat similar to the trans flag