There is a familiar pattern that shows up whenever things feel unstable. People with power or privilege look for someone to blame, and LGBTQ+ communities are always an easy target. Suddenly identity is framed as a problem, visibility is treated like provocation, and existence itself is debated as if it were optional. "Hating me won't solve your problems" is a response to that pattern, not an argument with it.

This shirt exists because hate keeps getting sold as a solution. As if targeting queer and trans people will somehow lower rent, fix healthcare, create jobs, or bring peace. It never does. It just redirects anger away from systems that deserve scrutiny and onto people who are already navigating enough just to exist safely.

Strange Gang x EGOPROOF made this piece for people who understand how that redirection works. Fascist and right-wing movements rely on scapegoats because scapegoats are easier than accountability. It is easier to attack difference than to confront inequality. Easier to police bodies than to repair broken systems. LGBTQ+ people are not the cause of anyone’s instability, but they are often treated like a convenient explanation.

The rainbow heart matters here. Not as decoration, but as contrast. Love is politicized. Care is mocked. Community is framed as weakness. This design refuses that framing. It places pride and compassion at the center and lets the message sit calmly inside it. Hate looks loud next to that. Small, too.

Wearing this is not about asking for tolerance. It is about refusing responsibility for someone else’s resentment. It is for queer kids who deserve to grow up without being told they are the issue. For parents who want their children to see strength in solidarity. For allies who understand that equality is not abstract and protection is not conditional.

"Hating me won't solve your problems" is not defensive. It is factual. Hatred does not build anything. It does not heal people. It does not fix lives. It just gives fear a target and lets power off the hook.

This shirt belongs to people who refuse to be distractions. Who choose honesty over hierarchy and care over cruelty. It says you are not here to be blamed, erased, or bargained with. You are here, you belong, and you are not the problem.