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Do you think companies and corporations are 'right' to display LGBT+ flags during pride month?
AislingDM
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(e.g., banks, food companies, clothes companies, anything like that)
I'd love to hear people's perspectives on this one, basically I am wondering if you think doing this is useful/good? So, please do explain your answer if you feel comfy to (also pls use respectful language, I am just interested in hearing why people might agree/disagree).
I'd love to hear people's perspectives on this one, basically I am wondering if you think doing this is useful/good? So, please do explain your answer if you feel comfy to (also pls use respectful language, I am just interested in hearing why people might agree/disagree).
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Do you think companies and corporations are 'right' to display LGBT+ flags during pride month? 13 votes
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Also! It's good that corporations are displaying the LGBTQ+ flag but I feel like we can do better and support LGBTQ+ businesses.
On the other hand, sometimes, I feel like they can pander to the audience. Especially corporations that have history of homophobia.
It's not a bad thing but be cautious of who you support.
Also, companies are often selective of where they use pride flags in their logos. It's very common to see some European and North American branches of companies use pride colours but then if you look at branches where anti lgbt attitudes are more common, like Russia, they don't. Again, I feel like changing a companies logo for a while is just symbolic, but it's a good thing to show support.
You could apply the attitude that doing this is a business move, and they're protecting their sales where showing support for the lgbt community might hurt them, but I disagree. Respecting human rights and showing support shouldn't be a "business move" and it shouldn't vary based on how a company thinks their consumers may respond. Companies are only as moral as the bottom line and by choosing not to show support where this may be more controversial, companies are showing that they don't care about support at all, just sales.
Basically, I think it's its a good thing to do, but only if these companies are going to actually show support everywhere, even where it might get them in bother.
Putting a pride flag on your logo and merchandise kinda comes off as a cash grab, especially if the company does nothing else e.g. raise awareness of lgbtq+ discrimination, donate proceeds to lgbtq+ charities, make better efforts/introduce guidelines to their companies so that lgbtq+ employees feel safe and respected, make sure that their employees are diverse etc.
I think it's really important to hold companies accountable when they support anti-LGBT organisations or politicians, even moreso when they display LGBT flags during pride.
I mean they are profiting off it even if some of that is donations and that or its more or only for the publicity. Plus you wouldnt like see these same companies displaying the flag in certain places like the middle east, and the same companies may even do some very bad things with sweatshops or even involve slave labour. It can often be an excuse to hide unethical things. Like sure we need to hold them accountable (also with the environment) but it feels like only a fragment of what they are doing.
But I am glad still there is open support for it to make individuals feel comfortable, so that is positive to see it everywhere. Though I think the overall aim is to normalise these things and not to use it as an excuse to sell pride merch. There is still work to be done.
Of those who don't feel suppportive or even neutral maybe it can convince them and it a good way to start a conversation, but then even without all the big companies I think there would be pride.
Still I don't think people should be forced to wear pride flags if they dont want to like in companies and that it just breeds resentment, I have seen people turn to religious extremism because of that.
Merely existing is not worthy of praise; praise is something that should be earned. Pride for no reason, if pride can even be considered virtuous, is not a healthy state of affairs to be in.