If you had grown-up watching Hollywood blockbusters about the First and Second World War, then you’d probably be mistaken in thinking that everyone who died during those horrific wars was straight, white, and male. Well, that couldn’t be further from the truth!
According to today’s estimates, up to a third of all British people identify as gay. Okay… ‘well, what this got to do with the First World War’ you’re probably wondering?
Let me tell you. Unless they’ve been putting some kind of ‘gay chemicals’ in the water for the last hundred years, then around a third of all those who died fighting for our freedom back then would have been gay as well. You don’t need to be Einstein to work that one out.
And yet, for the past century men, women, transgender and gender fluid people all over the country have joined in with Remembrance Day by wearing a poppy that symbolises straight white men, whilst disregarding the contributions of gay people, ethnic minorities and Muslims during the first and second war world.
What about the white poppy – doesn’t that help to remember all victims of war, you’re probably wondering?
STOP, just STOP! WHITE POPPY? A WHIIITE POPPY?!
As if the red poppy wasn’t un-inclusive enough, the white supremacists out there are now pushing for everyone to wear a WHITE poppy. No thanks, I’m not some Brexit voting, xenophobic, homophobic, Islamophobic, little Englander!
It’s time to ditch the red and white poppies and bring in the rainbow poppy. The only inclusive poppy!
Source: www.gulagian.com/rainbow-poppy
