AIBU?
To think work are being ridiculous
Dolphin8765 · 19/03/2023 09:52
For work the main lanyard we are issued is a purple wire thin lanyard (photo attached). Myself and some other colleagues don’t like thin lanyards like that. The only other lanyard we are issued is wider like a normal lanyard, it’s a pride lanyard with the company logo on. We’ve asked work if we can buy and use our own lanyard and we were told. Aibu to think work are being a bit strict and ridiculous? What difference does it make if we use our own lanyard?
Am I being unreasonable?
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RosaBonheur · 21/03/2023 18:08
TheHoover · 21/03/2023 16:09
So is racism and disablesism and plenty of other types of discrimination. There are many many causes in this country that deserve some solidarity and support, but strangely enough, no one is asked to wear a lanyard for them
There are other lanyards and many other pin badges, symbols, schemes etc. But no such globally recognised emblem as the rainbow. Do people actually think that these organisation’s ED&I strategies are single agenda?
And for god sake no-one is forcing the OP to wear the rainbow lanyard…..the suggestion that she is is about the weakest cause for outrage I’ve seen on here and that’s saying something (but it’s done the trick).
The rainbow doesn't cover any of those other forms of discrimination.
It doesn't even cover lesbians who say that lesbians can't have penises.
RosaBonheur · 21/03/2023 18:14
TheHoover · 21/03/2023 15:20
How about they are doing it because homophobia and transphobia is live and kicking. Despite all the gay people you know being well off (or whatever you said upthread).
Nurses, traffic wardens, social workers, housing workers, teachers etc are regularly being spat at, being sworn at and called vile names. Care workers are unable to give personal care and are being told to fuck off and get a straight person to come. Every single day.
This disgusting shit happens EVERY SINGLE DAY. So wearing a badge is to get everyone to realise that this hasn’t gone away, by no means but that the organisation will not stand for it. It’s exactly the same as taking the knee.
The biggest threat to gay people at the moment is transgender ideology.
It's why lesbians are getting kicked out of Pride events and off lesbian dating apps for objecting to men identifying as lesbians. It's why young gay people are transitioning so they can live as "straight" members of the opposite sex. It's why the LGBT+ Consortium, a group of over 300 charities, does not welcome any organisation which believes gay and lesbian mean same sex attracted rather than same gender attracted, and why the LBG Alliance, the UK's only charity exclusively for same sex attracted people, is literally defending its right to exist in a court of law right now. It's why Allison Bailey, a black woman and a lesbian herself, took Garden Court Chambers to an employment tribunal for discrimination and joined Stonewall as a co-defendant for the role they played in it.
TheHoover · 21/03/2023 18:49
Well you’ve missed the point (although you have come a long way since deciding that the LGBT community is no longer marginalised).
the point was whether or not there was political intent behind the organisation’s use of the rainbow flag. Well there’s a good way to find out - you can always ask the organisations themselves. But if you did I suspect you wouldn’t believe what they told you.
RosaBonheur · 21/03/2023 19:06
TheHoover · 21/03/2023 18:49
Well you’ve missed the point (although you have come a long way since deciding that the LGBT community is no longer marginalised).
the point was whether or not there was political intent behind the organisation’s use of the rainbow flag. Well there’s a good way to find out - you can always ask the organisations themselves. But if you did I suspect you wouldn’t believe what they told you.
There's no such thing as the LGBT community.
LGB means people who are same sex attracted. T means people with gender identities. These two things are separate, and often in conflict.
Obviously I fully support LGB rights. But the rainbow flag isn't for about them anymore.
As for asking employers if there is political intent behind the rainbow washing of everything... seriously, come on!
TheHoover · 21/03/2023 19:34
It’s like the scamdemic / plandemic all over again. Everyone is in on this subversive insidious political plot to push across the entire eradication of women’s rights. Entire executive teams, senior management, HR departments brainwashed. The whole NHS and public sector. They are all in on it. Thank god for mumsnet where the truth be told.
Forester1 · 21/03/2023 21:48
TheHoover · 21/03/2023 19:34
It’s like the scamdemic / plandemic all over again. Everyone is in on this subversive insidious political plot to push across the entire eradication of women’s rights. Entire executive teams, senior management, HR departments brainwashed. The whole NHS and public sector. They are all in on it. Thank god for mumsnet where the truth be told.
My organisation now does its best to avoid the use of the word woman. It makes it harder to protect / improve womens rights if you don’t use that word.
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