Rainbow badges at work - upset

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I work in a sector with vulnerable young people. A few years ago, we made the decision as a company to wear as part of our uniform, a name tag with the rainbow on as part of pledging our support to LGBT+
We have all received new name badges and for the first time ever- an option has been provided to have a red coloured one instead of the rainbow if staff 'do not agree with LGBT+'
I have raised this with HR and union and been told that staff are now allowed to choose and that is their right.
I feel really upset by this - colleagues I have known for years are now deciding against the rainbow badge.
We work with the most vulnerable- who are often LGBT. Some of our service users have asked staff directly why they are not using them- and they have lied saying " They'd run out , or the pin on the rainbow ones are crap, some staff are hiding the red ones.
It's not a majority by any means - it's probably about 11 staff in a staff of 60.
I just feel really really upset by it, but I can't quite put my finger on why.
I also don't understand how people can be 'against' LGBT
It's a protected characteristic.

This.

LGB great but the awful T. So much damage has been done by the constant promotion of T. You cannot bloody change sex. You can wear whatever you like, dangly earrings and all but you will never be a woman by merely stating you are one. Trans identified men are a category of men who present their external features differently. Trans identified women are a category of women who present externally more masculine attributes. You cannot argue with biology and your DNA, sex is there for all to see and it is very important.

The ideology did itself massive harm with the TRA's and their rape threats and the pushing of the agenda for older men. Grim and not surprising women pushed back. We now see push back from many people fed up with this damaging ideology. Children need counselling, help and support, not affirmation that 'changing sex' will make them feel better, the lie is damaging, mental health support and feeling better about yourself is the answer.

Of course it's a left issue. People who are neutral or right do no care about rainbow badges and or lie about 'people refusing to wear it on their body being big bad nasty people'.

Nope. Not hyperventilating

Nope again, an extrapolation

I had no idea about the T in LGbT being one of the reasons. Interesting and will definitely read up on GC ideas

Ok. Hyper fixated on one group only, hyper misleading, hyper sensitive over what you've been indoctrinated, hyper ignorance of political issues affecting the whole of society, hyper out of touch with grass roots concerns and hyper virtue signalling.

Hyperventilating is a simpler way of expressing the same point which has been blown out of all proportion and with a total lack of understanding legal issues surrounding the subject.

You are literally disturbed and sad about people not wanting to wear badges in your OP. You’ve tried to “complain” about it.

“I just feel really really upset by it” without giving even five seconds’ thought as to why people don’t want to be forced into a political position they don’t agree with.

You also think “LGBT” is a protected characteristic. It is not.

To be fair to the OP, I think her position has evolved a bit since her opening post.

Respectfully OP, rainbow badges and lanyards etc etc make many members of the LGB really uncomfortable these days.

I'm gay and would actively swerve anybody performing allyship with rainbow badges because it signifies their adherence to the TQ and gender ideology, which imo is more homophobic than the westboro baptist church.

Id engage with your red badge colleagues before the rainbow ones.

Please do. And come and visit us on the "Feminism: Sex and Gender" topic.

Agree 100%

Love that you added nuance to the assumption. Well said.

Absolutely howling at the idea of there being 'gender critical' children out there, surely they've got more exciting things to think about?

I seriously doubt there's a significant number of teenagers out there stanning Naomi Cunningham, Maya Forstater etc.

Sorry I wouldn’t be forced to wear a rainbow badge either. I’m not anti LGBT - but I do think an awful lot of it is political and tbh, I’m not interested at all.

Be gay, be bi, be trans - be whoever you want to be - I really don’t care. I tend to judge people on whether they are a c*nt or not, not their sexual preference or gender identity. I don’t have to demonstrate support to anyone by wearing a badge.

I'm Asexual personally. Do I not exist?

What a bizarre statement. Plenty of kids are clear that humans can't change sex and that girls deserve their own spaces. They don't need to know about court cases to know that.

I completely disagree with the OP and agree with you on this. However, the OP isn't "hyperventilating" and by making up random nonsense like this to try to snub the OP it actually lessens the strength of the point you're trying to make.

Everything on the planet exists.
Which part of not wanting to have sex do you think needs protection in law?

I hope so! There have been some really informative comments.

Obviously you exist.

Asexuality isn't a protected characteristic under the Equality Act though.

And why should it be? What specific protection do you think you need?

This. It’s weird and totally inappropriate for the workplace. You wouldn’t expect your work badge to reflect whether or not you are a Labour supporter, so why should it reflect any of your other personal opinions? Whoever came up with this idea needs firing.

Lovely judgemental tone there.

Plenty of people making insulting assumptions about asexual people - I can easily imagine how an overly interested colleague could cause offence
www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/living-single/202005/biased-against-asexuals-let-me-count-the-ways/amp

The “tone” is wrong? Really? That’s the best you can do? Rather than answering the question ? And if the worst is “cause offense” - well given you took offence over the. “Tone” I wouldn’t take that seriously