Coronavirus: 'I was attacked for hanging my rainbow flag'
The LGBT rainbow has become a summer feature on many high streets, as retail chains and others businesses have taken to displaying it to show solidarity in the run-up to LGBT Pride street celebrations. And that has led to criticism the events are becoming too commercialised.
But the cancellation of Pride parades this year because of the coronavirus pandemic has led to unsold rainbow merchandise and unaired commercial campaigns.The rainbow flag is carried through London's Piccadilly Circus during the 2019 Pride parade And this, in turn, has seen some enterprising corporate cheerleaders for Pride publicly switch their support to the NHS - in some cases, retaining the six-colour LGBT emblem rather than adopting the more traditional seven-stripe rainbow.
In August 2019, Plymouth Citybus unveiled a passenger bus covered in a six-colour rainbow to show their"appreciation for Pride". But on Saturday, the company tweeted a now-viral picture announcing it would now be a"rainbow NHS bus". And while some responses were positive, most felt the sudden"insulting","ill conceived" and"offensive""rebranding" was"erasing" their identity.
"Our Pride campaigns are planned months in advance and a lot of money goes into the designing, making and marketing," they said."You can see why brands would want to shift their products now that Prides aren't happening."But"Thank You NHS Flags" are still selling out in some online stores, without sellers mentioning their original Pride festival purpose.
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