Rainbow colours everywhere

It's just another one of those things that has gone a bit over the top like everything does here. A load of rainbows suddenly appeared in the covid times, were they for Pride or something different that went along with the manic clapping and pot banging.

Are you homophobic?

Is there something about you that would make people suspect you would discriminate on grounds of sexuality if you didn’t wear a badge?

Once you’ve bought into that premise, the badge, at best, only shows you are a “safe person” for LGBTQ people.

How will Muslims know you are a safe person? I’m sure you aren’t an Islamophobe so I hope you wear a badge.

And Jews of course. They aren’t any less worthy than Muslims, I’m sure you agree. What do you wear for them?

Also Christians, atheists, those with hearing loss, travellers, immigrants, people with dementia, children, black people, white people, etc etc etc.

I’m sure you get the point.

Wouldn’t it be more efficient for staff to wear badges denoting who they are unsafe around, and then everyone else can relax?

One issue I have is that it's cheap and lazy virtue signalling for PR without doing anything meaningful. eg. Put some rainbows up at the train station but don't sort out accessibility issues for disabled passengers because that involves money and effort.

It’s great that lots of people are supporting the community .., my dog has a suitable bandana for this month 🌈🏳️‍🌈

It’s pride month. And no it’s not ridiculous - it’s needed given that we appear to be going backwards

If we went backwards it would be just a day.

Maybe because being a disabled person,carer volunteer etc have never been a criminal offence that had to be kept quiet

Having a child/relative with LD was extremely "kept quiet" in the 50s/60s when I grew up.

A child like mine would have been locked away in an institution. I grew up near the Meanwood Park Colony. Google it. Pretty much a prison for nothing they did wrong. There were similar places all over the country.

Today my adult child lives in a house with 2 friends, supported 24 hours by
carers. A world of difference from the people in Meanwood Colony.
I think this is just as worthy of a month long celebration

Likewise the carers who aid people with their day to day living and help them reach their full potential.

Nothing at all. I'm just not sure why there has to be such a song and dance about it. Live and let live. IMO the whole Pride thing has morphed into an annual virtue-signalling extravaganza

Actually it’s nothing to do with wanting to change bigots minds. I couldn’t give a shit about homophobes, transphobes etc. It’s actually to represent to the people in the LGBTQ community that you are a safe space. I’m a queer woman and midwife and I want everyone to know that I am a safe person so will continue to wear a pride badge at work.

Because it’s pride month. And shock horror, some of the children in those nurseries will have two mum or two dad families.

It’s pride month. And no it’s not ridiculous - it’s needed given that we appear to be going backwards.

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?

That would be a yes from me

It might look pretty but one of the reasons zebra crossings are black and white is to make them more easily visible to visually impaired people.

So, not very inclusive.

So funny how it's people who aren't actually part of the so called lgbtqi+ community that want to celebrate it so much. There's not much to celebrate within it right now*

Being an older person, with several gay friends from way back, none of them are happy with the new iteration which has strayed so far from the original concept of pride day. They don't feel it's for them any more.

You do seem to have a fascination with kink.

@abathofmilkwithladydii haven’t seen anything from Hello Fresh - not even a Gay Pride special meal (we had Easter, St Patrick’s Day and Mothers Day ones).
One of our zebra crossings in town is a rainbow but that’s permanent. So pretty!

My Union Jack bunting is gorgeous. It’s handmade and fabric.

@TalkToTheHand123 oh you came back.
I will tell you a secret about how to handle seeing rainbow flags that you don't like.....
You ignore them.
That's it.

Can we do away with all the tacky Union Jack bunting and flags too?

Fabulous. I’ll add it to my collection.

I notice that you didn’t answer the question about how it’s ’ramming It down people’s throats’. TBH it sounds like you’re just trotting out phrases you’ve seen elsewhere without thinking about what it actually means.

Exactly

Sadly true.

I’m sending best wishes to all LGB people, and asking the sex-fetishists to give the rest of us a break.

I don't do activism, sadly haven't got the energy or physicality any more, I volunteer when I can for very small charities, we are not big organisations, struggling to just do what we can.

I wonder why? 🤔