Rainbows everywhere 🌈

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Maybe I am being unreasonable. Not sure.

But I clicked on my linkedIn profile today and two massive rainbows stuck out at me! Looks like two of my previous workplaces have changed their logos to the rainbow flag.

Now, I'm in support of individuals wearing rainbow badges if they want to publically show they are allies of LGBTQ+ Even a few colleagues have put the rainbow on their email signature. That's cool with me.

But I don't know how I feel about whole workplaces replacing their company logo with a rainbow? Seems like rainbows are taking over the world.

I guess maybe it doesn't matter but I can't help but think it's a bit weird that whole institutions are now becoming activists and replacing their identity with rainbows which to me, makes a statement?

Not sure whether and what I'm being unreasonable about, but just wondered other people's thoughts really?

Have you read up or watched the videos as to why Target is being targeted?

Agreed.

It’s become corporate virtue signalling.

Ive seem a lot of talk about the LGB community rejecting the new flag

Yes, I've heard that too.

If the company has good ethics and it’s relevant then it’s fine if it’s just to increase sales then it just annoys me.

We bought a packet of dreamies for our cat that had a rainbow on it and I just don’t get it. I think a lot of people are quite cynical about rainbows on everything.

I couldn’t care less about someone’s sexuality, I just don’t. I’m straight and I’m not proud or otherwise it’s just how I was born … I’m sure I would feel the same way if I was gay. Why the need to be shouting about who you sleep with , it’s bizarre.

It’s sad that in 2023, we still need to make it aware we accept a person for being gay

It's gone way beyond that. Even gay people don't want to be associated with the rainbow any more.

Pride and the rainbow symbolises homophobia now

I totally understand that.

I agree.

I liked it when businesses just sold the stuff they sell and didn't feel the need to plant flags in various political (or whatever) things.

They aren't permanent logo changes... It's just a faux sign of allegiance for the month of June for 'pride month'.

It's easier to make a rainbow logo for a month than make positive changes in your company / the world to support LGBTQ+ people.

It will be splendid when people's sexuality or gender choices do not need to be announced or defended in any way nor have a flag, but just become part of the norm that is accepted by all.

It is a pendulum - when minorities are seeking acceptance they fly off to one end of the arc; then the naysayers react and are at the other end of the arc; then it all gradually settles in the middle, where minorities do not have to fight for their rights and those who are frightened by it all do not have to be so strident.

And then companies will not cynically exploit people to gain profit.

Roll on the day I say.

People are still being killed for being gay around the world, h til that ends it’s important t that everyone supports pride

I agree. Fed up of seeing the rainbow flags everywhere. It's just over the top now. Especially when companies change their logo to a rainbow for a few days - why?! There are far more important issues in the world to raise awareness of or support so I don't understand why everyone does it for pride.

YANBU OP

Companies should stay away from politics.

I actively try not to give my custom to those who profess ideology I do not agree with, as, ultimately, my money goes into their bottom line and is helping to subsidise the propaganda

What's going on with businesses today that they seem to have all turned into indoctrination machines?

Look what happened to Bud Light in the US. They lost billions

Look what's happening with John Lewis, alienating their main customer base and inexplicably nobody seems to be able to stop it in spite of being a 'partnership'. Don't the staff realise that they are at risk of losing their livelihoods?

Look what's happened to Tesco's boss, John Allan, forced to resign because of anonymous 'allegations' that nobody has been able to prove. The CBI is said to be under attack too.

Some say that large corporations appear to be poisoned from within in an attempt to destroy British and Western industries and buy them on the cheap or replace with competition. It would be quite hard to believe this is not the case, as it's one example after another.

It's approaching gay pride month. Most likely to get people talking about it prior to the events.

Not trendy enough though , is it

My daughter has a chromosomal deficiency that renders her with severe learning disabilities and needing 24/7 care for life. The chance of having this deficiency is 1/20.000. Nobody I speak to has even heard of it.

I'm fine with anything that makes people feel that they are accepted in the workplace and gay people have fought very long and hard to gain this acceptance, so the fact that it's possible is to be celebrated.

But it is also totally kneejerk and default nowadays and mainly about PR, so I can't say that it signals much to me about an individual or a company other than the fact that they feel they ought to be seen doing it. I certainly don't feel a company which displays a rainbow on its LinkedIn for a month is groundbreaking or progressive.

On the other hand, if a statement that you accept gay people has become so bland that it attracts suspicion of rainbow-washing then it's a sign of how much progress has been made.

I'm leaving the T in LGBT to one side here because my feelings about this are much more ambivalent. But Pride is first and foremost about tolerance and acceptance of gay people and we should celebrate the mainstreaming of this.

They are going into Target shops,intimidating staff, tearing down displays.

Kohls is being targeted because it has Pride themed clothes.

Don't say Gay in Florida. Because your child might turn gay and God forbid that should happen

If you try and support your trans child, then that can lead to legal issues

No, Florida can’t ‘kidnap’ trans kids, but new law may affect custody disputes (tampabay.com)

Florida is the canary in the coalmine for the USA for LGBT rights.

Absolutely this

When is dementia month I wonder?

Or stroke survivor month?

Or cerebral palsy month?

The fact you say sexual preferences really tells anyone anything needed to know about you bigotry

You’re right. Most of these organisations will say not a word for IWD and even less for black history month

So because you don't agree I'm a bigot? I don't see any hatred in my comment. I have gay friends and relatives some of who share my views on pride. It doesn't need to be a full month shoved in everyone's faces

I’m extremely cynical about it.

Last year Primark had a massive window display of rainbow tat they were hawking for Pride and that just summed it up for me. Virtue signalling doesn’t even cover it. It’s jumping on issues to make money without any real thought about what it means other than ‘let’s make ourselves look like inclusive good guys and people will buy more shite from us’.

My workplace has put a massive Trans Heroes display up for Pride for the third year running. I feel sorry for the LGB folk to be honest!

I hate that a picture of rainbow by a child or whatever has become a socially loaded image. Why couldn't they just make up a logo?

That's my grouse. They took a lovely childhood and happiness symbol and made it political (or trans, or whatever) I feel robbed.