Dennis Kavanagh today

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porridgecake · 21/05/2024 12:10

Can I just draw your attention to his piece on rainbow lanyards? He sets his thoughts out so clearly, I think this piece clarifies the current situation very well.

https://substack.com/@dennisnoelkavanagh?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Dennis Noel Kavanagh | Substack

Legal commentator and general "wrong type of gay". Writes about LGB matters, society, law, moral and social questions. Garrulous and wordy, guilty of the odd metaphor.

https://substack.com/@dennisnoelkavanagh

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MarieDeGournay · 21/05/2024 13:42

..and worse still, the rainbow wasn't good enough, they had to 'improve' it by adding colours, clearly Alhazen/Dietrich of Freiburg/Isaac Newton got it all wrong😠
Before somebody pulls me up on it: I believe the adding of colours to the rainbow flag predates the gender IDs movement, but I don't care who did it first, it's a misunderstanding of what the rainbow actually is.

Livinginaclock · 21/05/2024 13:39

I won't touch anything rainbow now, it just signals misogyny and trampling all over women and safeguarding of children to me.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 21/05/2024 13:38

Thank you OP. Dennis is well worth following (and has even been known to pop up on here)!

SoundTheSirens · 21/05/2024 13:36

TDEs (trans demands extremists) have essentially taken a great big steaming dump all over what the rainbow used to stand for.

Blackcats7 · 21/05/2024 13:28

I agree. Rainbows are ruined for me now and when I saw someone wearing a rainbow lanyard at a recent hospital appointment it put me off speaking to the wearer.

littleburn · 21/05/2024 13:20

Dennis is well worth a follow on Twitter/X if you're on that platform.

Wistfullythinking · 21/05/2024 13:01

He is very interesting. I have just read several of his articles. Thank you for posting.

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porridgecake · 21/05/2024 12:50

A rainbow anything to me, now, indicates homophobia and misogyny. It is a gut reaction and makes me feel both angry and sad. I find Dennis extremely articulate and easy to follow. As he points out, many of the people wearing these things have absolutely no idea of what has gone before in terms of gay rights.

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Iamnotalemming · 21/05/2024 12:26

Interesting and thought provoking.

I am straight and have a rainbow lanyard for my work pass. I was given it by a junior lesbian colleague who said it was a nice way to indicate to juniors in particular that I am an ally. I accepted it happily and have used it ever since but that was about 8 years ago and a lot has changed since then.

I may well now quietly change it for something non rainbow.

WickedSerious · 21/05/2024 12:23

'The demand for homophobia seems to outstrip supply'.

Nailed it.

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