If I met this woman, we would become fast friends. She’s my kind of people:
An Irvine, Calif. woman raised a rainbow flag on her home in a show of support for LGBT people last April only to become the target of antigay rhetoric and hate mail, reports The Pleasure Chest.com. But don’t worry, because Dr. Mary Pham beat the hate with an absolutely brilliant response that is actually also perfect timing for the holiday season!
Pham raised her pride flag last spring as her neighbors were raising seasonal and sports flags. A friend had warned her against the rainbow flag saying, “Not in Irvine, Mary,” but Pham hung her flag despite the protestation, according to our friends at the Pleasure Chest.
“Look, either you know what it is or you don’t,” Pham said in response. “Either it’s a pride flag, or it’s just a rainbow flag. And if it’s a pride flag, and you notice, either you like it or you hate it. And if you hate it then you’re just a jerk.”
Within a few months Pham heard stories that some of her neighbors had penned hateful letters to the Home Owners Association. One person deemed Pham’s flag a “fag flag.”
So, she did the sensible thing and decked her house out for the holidays looking like this:
Mary wins Christmas.
[h/t Towleroad]
