Rainbow capitalism takes hold
Rainbow capitalism takes hold
Although advocacy of LGBTI rights has become a fashionable trend, many institutions still don t understand or accept diversity
published : 28 Jun 2021 at 04:30 An MRT interchange tunnel decorated in rainbow colours in celebration of Pride Month. Photo: Somchai Poomlard
Rainbows are washing over the city. It s Pride Month. On streets, walkways, walls, shoes, T-shirts, scarfs basically anything vivid colours of the rainbow have been splashed on the surface of places and things. It seems that many people in the private sector at least are very eager to celebrate Pride.
Supporting gender equality makes you look cool. When you put transgender people on the cover of a magazine, it looks cool. When you release a Pride collection of anything, it looks cool. People have been trying to hop on the bandwagon of being progressive and in certain aspects, it looks like it s going somewhere. It s