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Pride Pets Enamel Pin Collection & More

Created by Hokum & Snark

Combine your pride identity and your favorite pet with a colorful chibi pin in the shape of a mischievous cat, a heart-shaped snake, or a blepping bulldog. Add other LGBT+ pins and accessories.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Now with catgender as a pride flag color scheme!
over 3 years ago – Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 05:30:01 AM

A supporter pointed it out. How could we have pride cat pins without a catgender flag palate? The answer is, we can't! And thus, now you may choose catgender as one of the designs. Aren't these colors purr-fect? 

Now excuse me while I go make some biscuits and explore this strange red dot. 

WE FUNDED! On to the first stretch goal!
over 3 years ago – Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 11:43:33 PM

I'm dancing! Are you?

We hit the funding goal and are headed toward the first stretch goal at $1250.

Also, to answer a question I received from one backer, when the new pets unlock, they will unlock with all of the flags, including a non-flag, natural-colored version of each (e.g. the orange/black/white calico).

Thanks so much for your support! Yay, kitties (and sneks, and pups and birbs and piggies).


Maury

We've added more pets! Check out the campaign again!
over 3 years ago – Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 01:46:51 PM

We're so close to funding with the Calico Kitties! Almost there! We've had a great upward curve and are well on our way to the campaign funding in the next few days!

But now, introducing, doggos, birbs, piggies, and sneks! 

I heard from folks that they wanted more pride and more pets. So I went back to my artist collaborator, Xilo, and said, what else can we do? How about a blepping bulldog, a beautiful bird, a precious piggy, and the return of the heart-shaped noodle. All in the 15 pride flag designs immediately upon unlocking.

Now, you can get your pride flag identity on your favorite pet -- or wear the whole menagerie! 

Shown here in just one example of a pride flag schema. Each pet will be available in all 15 pride flag designs, immediately at unlocking.

So head back to the campaign and revisit your pledge, in case you want to update it to get more pride pets. Again, even though the picture only shows one example of each pet, the pupper, kitteh, birb, noodle and piggy will all be produced in the 15 pride flag designs, and possibly others if backers want it. 


The stretch goals aren't that far apart -- just enough to cover the cost of the artwork and minimum production, so I bet we can do this in the two weeks we have left in the campaign.


Even if you've already shared this campaign with your friends, would you consider doing it again since it now offers so much more? Your excitement on social media really makes a difference.


Onward and the next update I'll be posting will be the announcement that we've made it to funding!


Thanks for your support and I look forward to seeing where we can take this together!

Almost 1/2 way! New Designs Being Added!
over 3 years ago – Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 03:45:39 PM

Whoa-oh! Almost half-way there! Whoa-oh! More designs to share!

Folks asked if we would make other flags and identities, and while the answer was always yes, it wasn't clear that the campaign was going to include them as options for the pins. So, introducing, more pride!

Aromantic, polysexual, genderfluid (option 1), Aroace, multigender, omnisexual, genderqueer, demiboy, genderfluid (option 2), demigirl, gay male, agender. Check out these calico cuties! 

If you want to change your pledge to get additional pins to add one of these designs, it's easy to do so. Just go to "Manage Your Pledge." And if you know someone who was wanting one of these identities and hadn't seen them, let them know they are available.

All color combinations for different pride flags will be produced if the campaign meets its goal. No one's identity is a stretch goal. 

Thanks for your support! 

Share the campaign URL to beat harassment online
over 3 years ago – Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 04:14:08 PM

Good morning, backers!

I'm sad, though sadly not surprised, to say that some fundamentalists have been spamming Bible verse on my social media posts and reporting posts about this campaign to Facebook as "objectionable content." When that happens, Facebook automatically removes the post or rejects and stops showing an ad, and I have to manually appeal each one and wait for them to assign someone to review it. I've been successful at winning the manual appeals each time, but not only does it take time, but it affects both the momentum and the visibility of the ads and posts. Plus, it's bloody annoying and hateful!


How can you help? Can you share the campaign URL https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hokumandsnark/calico-purride-lgbt-pride-flag-chibi-cat-enamel-pins and your excitement about the pins on your social media? I'm hoping that the bigots won't find your posts and if there are many, Facebook's AI will learn that these are not objectionable content. I don't know about you, but whenever I can stick it to arbitrary corporate evil or hateful bigots, I take the opportunity. In this case, you can bit your thumb at our haters and share the love of queer creators and community. 

Luckily, no one is making hate comments on this campaign site. That happened to a friend of mine's campaign a month ago. Fingers crossed, the bigots don't follow the ads to this site, but if they do, I'll use available channels with Kickstarter to boot them. 

Hang in there. If you're in the US, try to give yourself some extra love today. It's rough out there. Curl up with a cat and breathe. 

Love, 

Maury