- cross-posted to:
- lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org
- world@quokk.au
- cross-posted to:
- lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org
- world@quokk.au
In short:
NSW Police are facing fresh calls to be banned from marching at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
Three resolutions relating to police marching in the parade will be put to a vote at the Mardi Gras annual general meeting tomorrow.
NSW Premier Chris Minns has slammed the potential ban despite LGBTQ+ community consultation showing a majority of members do not want police to take part.
I’m not part of either community so from the view of an outsider…
Why wouldn’t “you” (the people organising and participating in the march) not want police as part of it?
The Venn diagram of homophobic police and homosexual police are surely two distinct circles - why wouldn’t you want the circle that’s part of your team to be included? Are they not deserving of the same support the march is encouraging?
Because some of those organising it where the ones that had the crap beaten out of them by police not so long ago. Perhaps as the years roll on things will change but right now I completely understand why.
My grandfather, who fought in WW2 in New Guinea lost his shit when my dad bought his first Japanese car (or so my dad told me decades ago) way back in the day, now, no one cares.
Right, and in all likelihood so were the current police who are now wanting to join the march.
They’re allowed to join the march, just not as police.
The ban is for the police as an institution.