London Bridge railway station political gender flags - how to complain

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Yup.

Or the people employing them are just as bad.

This tickled me!

This is brilliant

It's probably not worth putting on a train for us - there seems to be so few of us about these days . . .

Insult to fecking injury!

Who goes there they're always on strike! Maybe a few KJK stickers would help. Camping with lil boys, surreptitious pics of men, what's going on

The wonderful Mole on twitter has produced this:

https://twitter.com/moleatthedoor/status/1751946330933485845

Hahahaha of course there won’t be! No brownie points whatsoever in showing support for women & I guarantee whatever thing they do for IWD will include TW ie men somewhere prominent

Can you please explain what is the common thread linking letters in that acronym?

Lesbian - woman sexually attracted only to women
Gay - man sexually attracted only to men
Bisexual - people sexually attracted to both sexes

Thus far, we can all see what those groups have in common. Sexual orientation. All over the world and all through history people in all three groups have at times faced prejudice, been discriminated against and experienced violence for their sexual orientation. They banded together decades ago to try to change social attitudes and laws, with great success, fortunately. If Network Rail wanted to put up a poster or something to say LGB people are welcome to use the rail network or work in it and shouldn't face homophobia, that would be fine. I'd hope they'd then move on to other minority or disadvantages groups in due course.

Then we move on to T for trans, Q for queer or questioning, and I for intersex. Intersex is an outdated term for people with various medical conditions which those affected have asked to be referred to as disorders of sexual development (DSDs) instead. Q seems often to indicate people who are heterosexual or sometimes bisexual. Trans is to do with gender identity, not sexual orientation. So what brings them all together? What's the + for? Why does someone who doesn't want to be monogamous or someone who prefers not to have sex with strangers included in this group at all?

That's always what I wonder. They must be able to pretend to be normal for a short period of time...

The black-and-white striped one with a rainbow capital A on is the... straight ally flag. People who support gay and bisexual rights, although they aren't same-sex attracted themselves.

I did not realise straight people were excluded from train services, did you?

This is for LGBTQI+ History Month. Not sure what a suffragette flag has to do with that? If there’s not one there for Women’s History Month in March then surely you’ll have a valid complaint.

And I know for a fact (because I remember a disabled friend of mine spending a several Sunday afternoons typing outraged letters) that the atrocious access to the railways as been an issue since at least 1985...

Yes. I think it’s very inclusive of Network Rail to make their trains so delayed that two demisexuals have enough time onboard to form an emotional bond with each other and can therefore go at it like rabbits upon disembarkation. #inclusivity #diversion

Things have certainly changed since Brief Encounter.

I'm really not sure how on board I am with making out that having an emotional or romantic connection with someone before shagging them is so out of the norm that it needs a flag and amplified visibility.

I know some people shag in the absence of any getting to know each other first but they are the minority group. What's their flag?

I'm so far from being a prude. I'm very happy to have open and honest conversations with my DC (who have close family members who are LGB) but I'm not actually up for them being taught that having a connection with someone prior to having sex with them is weird.

I would love to say that all of this surprises me but...🙄

So the polyamorous (people who have multiple sexual relationships simultaneously) and demisexuals (people who only feel sexual attraction to people they have an emotional bond with) are officially included as TQ+ now?

Yes. I think it’s very inclusive of Network Rail to make their trains so delayed that two demisexuals have enough time onboard to form an emotional bond with each other and can therefore go at it like rabbits upon disembarkation. #inclusivity #diversion

Yeah, you can be sure a policy or ideology doesn't change anything when Wall St firms are encouraging it.

That is what diversity and inclusion has become. It's all about rainbows and lanyards because it's easy.

Actual inclusion, for example making trains and stations accessible is harder, costlier and just not as much fun.

Are you totally fine with LGBT people always been associated with polyamory?!

I personally would find that offensive. Being same sex attracted does not mean anything other than that. I would be annoyed that those bits of the 1980s have come along and are seemingly being elevated and championed by inclusion groups meant to represent lgb people.

Network Rail do not have the resources to put in level access
or mend the lifts and escalators at stations
to help the 21% of the population who are disabled
but they have the resources to throw paint at a pillar.

I reckon if two people went at the pillar with a big enough flag - one either side - you could get the flag tied on and disappear before anyone knew it was happening….

Maybe Network rail should pay a little more attention to actually running a rail service. Half the time they are on bloody strike