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We must consider the significance of the flag and the role it plays for a marginalised community, which has fought hard for its identity and acceptance. Around one in five LGBTQ people will experience a hate crime or incident because of their sexual orientation or gender. Late last year, the BBC obtained figures from 45 police forces in the UK that showed the number of reported homophobic hate crime cases almost trebled – from 6,655 in 2014-15 to 18,465 in 2019-20. But it is not like the extensive history attached to the use of the flag by the LGBT+ community wasn’t well known.ĭuring LGBT History Month, it’s time to take stock. ![]() It starts as a cute and innocuous gesture, and before you know it you can buy an iced-caramel latte in a cup with the same design. It takes a second to repost a picture of children in Italy drawing rainbows for their health workers. In a social media age, movements happen fast, often without a lot of thought.
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