A tweet showing a poster in a British hospital went viral, and it’s still unclear whether or not it was someone’s idea of a joke. The printout lists examples of “mental health disorders” like “bi-polar”, “hoarding”, “PTSD” and…”LGBTG”.
Apparently whoever made the poster couldn’t even get their homophobia in order, writing LGBTG instead of LGBTQ.
Twitter user Ellen Gibson was rightly concerned.
“Where to even start with this poster,” she wrote, “on the wall of an actual hospital @NHSHarlow… Being part of the LGBTQ (or LGBTG 🙃) community isn’t a mental health disorder and I can’t believe I’m having to say this to an NHS institution?! ”
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Where to even start with this poster, on the wall of an actual hospital @NHSHarlow… Being part of the LGBTQ (or LGBTG ?) community isn't a mental health disorder and I can't believe I'm having to say this to an NHS institution?! pic.twitter.com/hDydFjiIMb
— Ellen Gibson (@ellenrgibson) August 18, 2020
“Neither is experiencing abuse or working in emergency services and tbh I have quite a problem with the word ‘disorder’ being used at all,” she continued.
“If you wanna highlight support available to communities at greater risk of mental health problems then idk maybe just say that? Don’t just smack a list of stuff on the wall of a hospital reception area and say they’re ‘disorders’
“This is particularly bad language to use given that being LGBTQ *was* designated as a mental health disorder until shockingly recently (1990 for LGB and *2019* for trans people) and that has caused irreparable damage to so many lives over the years”.
Offering no explanation, the hospital followed up by asking where the poster was located, and promising it would be taken down:
Hello, please accept our apologies for any offence caused. Please let us know where the poster is displayed and we will get it removed
— The Princess Alexandra Hospital (@NHSHarlow) August 18, 2020
HDTex
Eh, it looks like bad phrasing. Suffering abuse also isn’t a mental health disorder, but can lead to them. Loneliness, same.
But hey, let’s not stop that from tar and feathers all the way for a badly phrased sign, am I right? Protests and possibly screaming “BIGOTS” right in their nasty little faces might even be appropriate in today’s culture since they’re clearly targeting us gays, yes?
Grow up, folks. It’s one bad sign and one more really lousy article. Stick to the half-naked men.
nunya
But rational reasoned thought wouldn’t get the likes that Ellen and so many other Twits (my name for people on Twitter) crave. Narcissism is a mental disorder. Isn’t it?
dhmonarch89
I’ve never suffered mental issues from being LGBTQ…but I have suffered mental issues at the hands of other LGBTQs- ah, thanks message boards.
Rock Star
What exactly is LGBTG anyway? Most homophobes have issues with spelling and being able to construct a proper sentence. Trolls will be trolls.