What do you see here? Where do you see these and what are they for?
What do you notice about the colours?
This photo is of a self scan from Sainsburys taken last weekend. Sainsbury's have used the colours of the rainbow flag on their self-scanners this month.
This month is LGBT history month.
The Argos/ Sainsbury's website includes quotes from people working at Sainsburys about this. Lauren Hackett says; "At Proud@Sainsburys we want to ensure that the LGBT agenda is at the forefront of what we do all year round but for me LGBT History Month is one of the most important months in the calendar year as we are able to really focus on the issues LGBT individuals have faced in the past to get equal rights and highlights that there is so much still to be done."
- What is LGBT history month, what is the aim?
- Do you know any LGBT history? (if not, why not? How can we change that? Should we? Does it matter?)
- What does LGBT stand for? (often today we say LGBTQ+ - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/ Questioning and the plus includes other identities under the queer umbrella. Queer is another word for different)
- Why do you think Sainsburys have used rainbow colours on their self scanners?#
- it could be that this is not about LGBT history month; perhaps Sainsburys just chose to use pretty rainbow colours on their scanners this month. There is no sin saying, "We support LGBT history month" so perhaps we are mistaken. What do you think?
- There is no sign in stores and Sainsburys have not announced this on social media, they just did it. Why do you think they didn't feel the need to announce the rainbow colours on their scanners, what does this show about how they view LGBT history month/ LGBT equality? (it is usualised - we don't have to make an announcement because it's just what we do)#
- What do you think Proud@Sainsburys is about?
- "we want to ensure that the LGBT agenda is at the forefront of what we do all year round..." so why have LGBT history month in February? Why nor have every month as LGBT history month? (Historian David Olusoga says about Black history month that we should be talking about black history all year round, but in Black History Month we just turn the volume up.)
- "We are able to really focus on the issues LGBT individuals have faced in the past to get equal rights and highlights that there is so much still to be done." what issues did LGBT individuals face in the past and is LGBT equality been achieved today?
- Does everyone need to celebrate LGBT history month? Do you think LGBT people want to be celebrated or just want to be equal? Perhaps it's not about celebrating, perhaps instead it's about acknowledging LGBT history month/ understanding LGBT history/ learning about it? What do you think?
- By using rainbow colours on their scanners, are Sainsburys celebrating LGBT history month, or are they acknowledging it?
- What can we learn from Sainsburys?
- Why is this about No Outsiders?
www.no-outsiders.com
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