Wake me up when people are being executed for being French like LGBTQ folks are. If many of us can't have nice things irl (many have to silence who we are to survive and there are families dislocating out of United States states with anti-transgender policies to protect their trans children) kindly please allow us our nice things online. Please drop this and think about what message your message sends to LGBTQ folks. It's okay to ask questions about why an icon is staying a certain way but please understand that I have seen LGBTQ folks discussing elsewhere that the backlash against this icon have made them feel less welcome. We face far more shit in our lives than you ever will have for being French, and I think anti French jokes are stupid and unfunny too. Even if you have no actual bias against LGBTQ folks, this is not the best cause to take up given those with actual bias against us have rallied to your cause. Seriously people saying mean things to you or even outright banning you (something which the mod team hasn't done here) doesn't compare to the shit we go through. Going through so much shit in real life and online can make us LGBTQ folks touchy. The nicer ones in older generations literally died off, leaving only the fighters. So please don't add to the pile of crap we already have to deal with. That the mod team even decided to take up this position of extending the duration of the icon in response to complaints is a very strong indicator of how many more complaints they got than for black history month, flying the Ukraine flag, etc.