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Bright idea! pride flag, 'It took me nearly 16 hours over two days to finish the project and my wrist was killing by the end of it! It now costs several hundred pounds to have a float in London Pride, a price tag that many groups – especially those representing bisexual, trans, and non-white people, which historically have received the lowest amounts of community funding – can hardly afford. “It’s the fact that now there are some homophobic people flying the symbol, which we used and we have fought to be able to use, claiming that it isn’t our symbol. (Custom Flags NI/ Facebook). 'We've even had people stop driving past, to see it and i feel like it's something to brighten the day. 🌈 Rainbows have become synonymous with hope and the NHS during the current pandemic, so we thought what better way to show our thanks to our amazing NHS and key workers, than to re-brand our Pride bus to our rainbow ‘NHS’ bus? The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.

Children can colour the letters NHS with a rainbow and then display the completed poster in a window. Hundreds of people have signed a petition to stop the six-colour rainbow being used as a symbol for the NHS, rather than as the LGBT+ Pride flag. Bella McMonagle, I thought someone should speak up and do something about it. As large companies have flooded Pride parades, it’s been grassroots organisations who’ve paid the price. This episode has highlighted how important it is that we all recognise the difference between the seven stripe rainbow, which has recently been used as a symbol of hope and gratitude for key workers during the coronavirus crisis, and the six stripe Rainbow Pride flag, which was created by activist Gilbert Baker as a rallying point for a community facing violence and oppression. The six-colour Pride flag, however, should remain for the LGBT+ community, she said. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, Arizona election center is forced to CLOSE after Trump supporters chanting 'count the vote' protest the state being called for Biden too SOON as president closes the gap with more than 400K ballots still to go, 'Do you think we are fools?' As the work of generations of queer activists has paid off, and being LGBT+ is (somewhat) more accepted, companies have been cashing in on our movement, both by appealing to the pink pound and using Pride as a marketing gimmick to seem progressive.

'The rain is yet to wash it away and what I really wanted to do was say thank you - keep smiling to all the key workers and our healthcare workers who are working so tirelessly for us.'. Now, a queer teen has started a petition against the rainbow being used as an NHS sigil. The commercialisation of the rainbow flag and the queer movement has not only weakened the power of the symbol, but alienated LGBTQIA+ people from their own community. ‘Every year at Pride we are expected to march alongside corporations and organisations that don’t just harm our own community but also commit human rights abuses on a global scale,’ agrees Harry Gay, Campaigns Manager for the Outside Project, ‘The pink pound has never been so valuable. From fundamental Christians trying to ‘take back the rainbow’, to TERFs claiming the rainbow has become a tool for ‘silencing women’, the Citybus re-brand definitely isn’t the first time the queer community has had to defend our colours. “But the six colours flag has been synonymous with LGBT+ pride since 1978, and we will fight not to be erased.”, More: A father of two has spent more than 16 hours transforming his entire house into the colours of the rainbow, as a uplifting tribute to frontline workers. Mr Pickard added: 'The kids love it, not just my own but the ones who walk past on their daily walk too. Drawings and paintings of rainbows have been springing up in windows across the UK, with schools and parents encouraging children to “spread hope” to those unable to leave home, and to show solidarity with key workers and the NHS during the pandemic. This year, with no Pride events to monetise through merch or advertising, will be a litmus test of which corporations are actually dedicated to the LGBT movement, and which ones will follow Citybus’s route.

Mr Pickard said: ' I decided to chalk the entire house in the colours of the rainbow as a special tribute to the NHS, Craig Pickard and his son Nyle, pictured, have used chalk to paint their house in Rotherham rainbow coloured in honour of NHS heroes, Mr Pickard, pictured, said people have been stopping outside his house to look at the display, Mr Pickard said he spent 16 hours completing his epic art project on front of his house. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. A lovely and useful activity, … 🌈Look out for the bus on our roads soon! The rainbow is a symbol of solidarity and peace, and there’s no reason that the popularisation of the seven stripe rainbow as a motif for the NHS should dilute the power of Pride flag as long as we’re willing to give both causes the space they deserve. Corporations have been treating the rainbow flag as nothing more than a logo for some time now. The comments below have not been moderated. Social media users blast 'insane' Oregon voters for approving measure to decriminalize possession of ALL drugs including HEROIN and COCAINE, Anti-Trump protesters clash with NYPD in Manhattan's Greenwich Village as National Guard is activated in Portland and LAPD declares 'tactical alert' for second night in a row - as election result hangs in the balance, 'This is an extremely flammable situation and he just threw a match into it': Chris Wallace, Jake Tapper and Savannah Guthrie lead anchors blasting Trump for prematurely declaring election victory, Biden's support among black male voters dropped a record 15% compared to Obama in 2008 after a series of campaign gaffes and claims he took the African American vote for granted, Nancy on the brink? Ever since its inception in the late 1970s, the rainbow flag has outraged queerphobes as much as it’s inspired feelings of community in queer people. 'But one thing led to another and then I did the whole house.'. This is a good start, but the incident still highlights that companies who want to use symbols like the Pride flag/rainbow need to think about why they’re doing it and what they’re adding to the movements those symbols represent. Still, any brand or corporation that has had no vested interest in Pride before, and is currently only engaging with queer people to monetise our identity and celebrations is incredibly damaging,’ explains Hunter Maalik, co-founder of the London Bi Pandas, a grassroots organising collective. Father-of-two, 36, chalks his ENTIRE house with rainbow colours in honour of NHS heroes battling coronavirus Craig Pickard painted the front of his house with rainbow-coloured … We aren’t blaming them at all for our flag being ‘rebranded’. Learn more about how to help people impacted by COVID. 'I had been inspired by the pictures of rainbows in neighbours' windows and initially just started doing the wall.

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Pride events around the country have been steadily raising their prices to keep up with higher and higher production value, further squeezing out queer people, who are more likely to have lower incomes. ‘Re-brand Pride’ weren’t words I ever expected to read, but sadly I wasn’t shocked when I did. This activity features two versions, one with rainbow lines drawn in for children to colour the rainbow and another for older children to design their own rainbow.