Rainbow flags

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-49436339

When Alex hung a rainbow flag out of his window to celebrate Pride month, two men shouted and threatened him. The rainbow flag is a well known symbol for the LGBT community. Alex lives in Manchester where every August bank holiday a huge celebration of LGBT Pride is held. Prides are held in cities around the UK to show that they are inclusive places where everyone is welcome.

Alex's neighbours heard about the incident and decided to do something to show Alex belonged in their street. One neighbour bought 30 rainbow flags and all the neighbours hung the flags out of their windows. A neighbour said he was horrified about what happened to Alex; "We can't let this happen, especially in this community. The whole street is going to be decked with flags in support of Alex."

A neighbour said homophobia , "Just isn't acceptable in 2019."
Another neighbour said, "The way the neighbourhood has come together is fantastic. Everybody's got a smile on their face."


Show the top picture
What do you see in the picture?
where are they?
why do you think the people are together? How do you think the are related?
How are they feeling?

explain the story then show the second picture

- what is homophobia?
- why do some people behave in a homophobic way? (because they don't understand about no outsiders, they don't understand that it's ok to be different, some people are afraid of  difference.)
- how do you think Alex felt when the two men threatened him?
- what did his neighbours do?
- why did the neighbours hang rainbow flags out of their windows?
- how do you think that action made Alex feel?
- what does this story show about that street in Manchester and the people who live there?
- could this story happen in other cities?
- Alex said when he drove down the street and saw the flags he felt very emotional- why?
- "everybody's got a smile on their face" - why?
- what can we learn from the neighbours in this story?
- why is this story about No Outsiders?

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