Rainbow colours everywhere

Straight people haven't historically gone to prision for falling in love with someone of the opposite sex. They havn't been forced by threat of prison to find secretive ways to meet each other and invent code languages to talk to each other. Straight people today don't have to think carefully about holding hands in public in case it draws the wrong attention. Straight men don't suffer insinuations that they are a paedophile for simply wanting to become a father. Straight women aren't told they are only pretending to be attracted to men to turn other men on.

holy month of pride

Is that you, Mr Fox?

I am watching Victoria at the moment. You are awful as Palmerston.

😂

Here you go - Disability Awareness Month.
So no need to worry, there's one for disabilities awareness too. https://www.healthassured.org/blog/disability-history-month/

Carers Week starts on Monday! https://www.carersuk.org/press-releases/carers-week-2026-launches-theme-building-carer-friendly-communities/
Just in time for you to show your support.

I apologise for my error.

And its through discussion/debate that an understanding has been reached.

Something like 8 Pride organisers have been jailed for paedophilia in the last year alone.

I'm amazed that's not a bigger story.

Why is there no Straight Pride month. Equality for all.

My dpd tracker had me living with a rainbow flag and a unicorn was delivering my parcel. It was awesome!

What, all the Bs? Sounds unlikely. Seeing as they're not one great big mass and are presumably individuals.

Ah I think you've misunderstood and that's ok.

I am saying if people don't like Pride they don't have to go, and that rainbows in themselves are not offensive.

I compared this is Christmas for myself as a non- Christian. I don't go to church, but I am not offended by Christian images of the birth of Jesus.

Both rainbow flags and the birth of Jesus may have deep meanings attached to them, and people may not agree with what they represent, but are not offensive to anyone in themselves. If anyone choose to go to Pride or to Church and hears or sees something they don't like, the onus is not on Pride or the Church to change what they're doing, it's on me to choose not to go there.

You have conflated this idea of not engaging with things I don't like, to mean I won't enage in debate I don't like. My continued discussion on this demonstrates that's not the case though.

I have to do pride for work. I have rebelled by using the old pride flag, for LGB rights and refuse to "upgrade" to the progress pride flag.
I see the TQ+ as directly contradictory to the LGB rights.

I can't understand why one unremarkable group in society has to be celebrated in this way, especially as many gay people find themselves at odds with what Stonewall and Pride now represent. Celebrating pride week and trans visibility month is almost mandatory in some sectors. Are disabled people, carers, volunteers etc not deserving of a fraction of the platform and forced visibility this political movement has hijacked.

Probably, but the B don't think that men should be in women's spaces or compete against women in sport, so I'm happy with the Bs.

Be quietly gay. Why do we need Pride anyway? All these rainbows being rammed down our throats.
<disclaimer> not my view

Will you feel the same when England progress in the World Cup and the flags are everywhere? Did you feel the same for the jubilee? Or in November when you can’t move for poppies? Or at Christmas when there are lights and decorations? Or is it just Pride you think it’s too much for?

I bet there's others that would say exactly the same about the B on there too.
Or is it only ok if it's a letter you don't like or agree with being on there?
It's not likely to stop at the T. You're naive if you think it will.

I love a rainbow 🌈

Well said. LGB was great. Shame they had to add the other letters.

I've voted YABU as I love rainbows.
If I see one in the sky, it genuinely makes my day.
As for seeing them around as flags or posters or whatever, good - bright and cheery.

Come you understand well enough.
You have quoted those calling others bigoted yet claim not to be bigoted by saying that you engage but that those that don't agree shouldn't engage with you.
That is bigotry.

Virtue signalling shite as usual.

Good for you. Many others increasingly see the pride flag as a regressive, misogynistic, homophobic (men can be lesbians), intolerant ideology that at its worse has seen untold damage to children and vulnerable adults and pushed back womens rights.

Don't worry I think they found this thread.

I see this year there seems to be more of the old school rainbow flags rather then the seizure inducing pride flags which is nice to see.