Given the success of Pride last weekend there was an annoying incident at the offices of the local LGBT group today. A stranger walked in and asked them to remove the rainbow flag that hangs from their window "because children might see it".
They asked him politely to leave and the police confirmed there was no problem. "Just keep flying your flag," they said.
I would hope that children would see it so that any who were questioning their gender or sexuality would know that there was help and community out there and they would have less of a scared, lonely and unresourced youth than my generation. And all children might get to know that LGBT people exist among them.
I'm just a big kid
I always insist on an easter egg even though I'm supposed to be way too old for that sort of frivolity! In fact, this year I have two eggs! I'm saving one, but the other, being a posh egg, did have a pair of silver-plated earrings inside that are pretty little owls. Nice.
Chocolate and shiny things. I'm easily pleased!
A dip in the archives
I was reminded that it was five years ago this week that I joined Gina in London as she was taking a few days' break there. We had a good day out in Greenwich. But I was so busy with work at the time that I wasn't able to write it up till the end of the year! But if you want to read about my encounter with R2D2, tall ships and astronomers, it's in the post here: Greenwich with Gina
Sue x
Good grief. That's like walking into a butcher's shop and asking them to remove the meat on display because you're a vegetarian. And I'd expect they'd get the same short shrift.
ReplyDeleteA good analogy, Susie. Some people are pretty desperate! Sue x
Delete"because children might see it".
ReplyDeleteCould we also remove from display bigoted newspapers, lying politicians, magazines that promote unachievable body shapes, etc.
Personally, I hope lots of children see the rainbow flag and learn that there's lots of ways to be.
I say this as a kid who knew they were different and there wasn't the support and tolerance there is now.
I so agree, Lynn, there seems to be no end of stuff that's harmful out there. Protection for a persecuted minority seems good to me, as it seems to the local police, too. I so wish things had been better for us, but I guess we've worked so that things will be better for today's kids. I hope they can then improve things still further. Sue x
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