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Pride rainbows taken off police cars after court ruling (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 57 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (20 children)

A police force has agreed to remove all Pride rainbows and transgender livery from its vehicles following a landmark High Court ruling.

Northumbria Police has also told its officers and staff they cannot attend a Gay Pride march in uniform this weekend, in a move that could set a precedent for other forces.

Northumbria was taken to court by a gender-critical lesbian who said it was wrong for officers to take part in events that promoted gender ideology.

The move comes after Linzi Smith, 34, a gender-critical lesbian from Newcastle, brought a case against Northumbria Constabulary, arguing that it had been wrong to allow uniformed officers to actively participate in an event that promoted gender ideology and was supported by transgender activists.

In his ruling, the judge, Mr Justice Linden, said it was important that police forces were not perceived as taking sides in contentious social debates.

Ffs. Police officers want to support a gay pride event, and a Lesbian woman became so offended by that she raised a court case against them. One that I cannot believe was upheld.

And as for the judge saying police attending means they're "choosing sides"... fucking hell. It's a Pride event. The "sides" are the LGBT community and those that hate them. It is an offence under the Equality Act 2010 to discriminate against LGBT people, so the police very much should be on one side, and they broadly were.

What the hell was this judge thinking? Why are TERFs so emboldened here?

Imagine telling someone this a few decades ago:

"Yeah the police want to support a LGBT pride event and..."

"Wait they what? They want to support it? Not shut it down?"

"...yeah, support and attend. Anyway the court ruled against it."

"Lobbying and moral panic from anti-LGBT clergymen, I suppose?"

"Nah, a small group of lesbians."

You can't make this shit up. Imagine hating trans people so much that you're willing to turn against the whole LGBT Pride movement, while being in a same sex relationship. The mind reels.

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