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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwiwomble" data-source="post: 1097233" data-attributes="member: 45355"><p>SO, i sit on the LGBTQI+ committee of a large +55k people, im not part of the community myself but i have friends that are and after talking to them i realised that is still hard work being "out" in a professional workplace in the 21st century, less than 50% of LGBTQI+ people actually feel comfortable being out. I want to help my friends feel more comfortable in an environment they spend +40 hours a week in.</p><p></p><p>I also pride myself (pun intended) on my team being high performing because everyone gets on, they dont have to second guess themselves or how they are present themselves</p><p></p><p>speaking to people in the community, these are exactly the kinds of gestures they WANT to see, in the office a rainbow lanyard or teams/zoom background are they little things that reminded them they are safe to be themselves, bigger gestures like these jerseys are where we make actual change, where people in even less accepting industries can be reminded there are people like them out there, theyre not alone</p><p></p><p>dismissing these things as just a political statement is just a bit ignorant and a cop out to cover up you own intolerance</p><p></p><p>In saying this, i dont have hate towards these players, they havent spouted hate online like Falou did, they just told the club they weren't comfortable...and the club said ok, personally i think they should have been able to play in the "normal" jersey which just has white stripes, you wont have been able to tell the difference on tv, but the NRL has strict rules that say jerseys all need to be identical </p><p></p><p>The only ones i think have really done wrong as those that have latched onto this whole think as an excuse to spout their intolerance, everyone having a go at the "WOKE" and their intolerance of people religious beliefs....theyre not being made to wear them, their religious beliefs are intact...they just couldn't play one game</p><p></p><p>I also dont think the club actually did much wrong, Sydney is the san fran of aussie, they have a huge mardi gras each year....like hundreds of thousands of people big, other professional clubs in sydney like the swans in the AFL host the pride round every year and have done pride jerseys for YEARS! without as much as a second thought, at most they have been a little ignorant to how strict these plays religious beliefs were...but as has been said they dont have problems with the betting company or alcohol sponsors...so yeah...not a huge assumption for them</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwiwomble, post: 1097233, member: 45355"] SO, i sit on the LGBTQI+ committee of a large +55k people, im not part of the community myself but i have friends that are and after talking to them i realised that is still hard work being "out" in a professional workplace in the 21st century, less than 50% of LGBTQI+ people actually feel comfortable being out. I want to help my friends feel more comfortable in an environment they spend +40 hours a week in. I also pride myself (pun intended) on my team being high performing because everyone gets on, they dont have to second guess themselves or how they are present themselves speaking to people in the community, these are exactly the kinds of gestures they WANT to see, in the office a rainbow lanyard or teams/zoom background are they little things that reminded them they are safe to be themselves, bigger gestures like these jerseys are where we make actual change, where people in even less accepting industries can be reminded there are people like them out there, theyre not alone dismissing these things as just a political statement is just a bit ignorant and a cop out to cover up you own intolerance In saying this, i dont have hate towards these players, they havent spouted hate online like Falou did, they just told the club they weren't comfortable...and the club said ok, personally i think they should have been able to play in the "normal" jersey which just has white stripes, you wont have been able to tell the difference on tv, but the NRL has strict rules that say jerseys all need to be identical The only ones i think have really done wrong as those that have latched onto this whole think as an excuse to spout their intolerance, everyone having a go at the "WOKE" and their intolerance of people religious beliefs....theyre not being made to wear them, their religious beliefs are intact...they just couldn't play one game I also dont think the club actually did much wrong, Sydney is the san fran of aussie, they have a huge mardi gras each year....like hundreds of thousands of people big, other professional clubs in sydney like the swans in the AFL host the pride round every year and have done pride jerseys for YEARS! without as much as a second thought, at most they have been a little ignorant to how strict these plays religious beliefs were...but as has been said they dont have problems with the betting company or alcohol sponsors...so yeah...not a huge assumption for them [/QUOTE]
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