Somewhere, in a bathroom deep in Southern Italy, a bathroom sign has succeeded in causing a considerable ruckus among the LGBTQ community — particularly since it has three separate icons: a woman, a man, and a “gay.”
“The word had been covered up but somebody decided to uncover it and make it visible again,” the owner told Il Quotidiano, which doesn’t explain why the word was there in the first place. (He claims it’s been there since the “previous administration,” according to Italian periodical Repubblica.)
The owner promises the third icon will be painted over.
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Italian LGBTQ rights group The Associazione LeA (Liberamente e Apertamente) released a statement sharply condemning the three bathroom icons:
“It is frankly shocking that in 2017 there are still cases of this kind, where there is a great confusion between gender identity and sexual orientation and it is flaunted by communications in such a misleading and homophobic manner in public places, which only humiliates and hurts people.”
This story follows another recent incident in southern Italy in which two Italian teenage men were asked to stop hugging.
Managers were concerned children might see two men being affectionate with one another.
John
Do people not have a sense of humor anymore? This was obviously not malicious.
Dustolio
I AGREE!! That is 100% something I would have taken a picture with on a vacation. Everyone is always in such a snit all the time.
ColorMeColorado
Sense of humor??? Not in a hotel! Man, the social disconnect from some of ya
oldpluto
Malicious? It’s a lot more than that, John. A joke at whose expense? I am happy you are not offended, but I am sure there are many lgblt folk who have dealing with being “other” their whole lives who are not laughing.
Coxhere
As usual, it’s the supposed “str8 men” who are scared shitless of Gay men. And also, as usual, all sexual orientation women are dismissed as no ones. So, there’s, of course, no Lesbian restroom.
Goddess24
Well, I love it! I would prefer to not have to go to the restroom next to or with a Trog! Why wouldn’t lesbians be able to use the same restroom as us? They’re GAY! They’re GAY WOMEN! HELLO!