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BARCLAYS' NEW GAY PRI LOGO IS UPSETTG SOCIAL MEDIA: 'THIS IS NOT PUTTG THE CTOMER FIRST'
Barclays' has a strong track rerd supportg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT+) lleagu and ctomers. Our employee rource group (ERG), Spectm, is dited to supportg lleagu and Spectm alli who are members or supporters of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer clive (LGBT+) muny and other non-mastream groups on the spectms of sexual orientatn and genr inty. As an ally, lleagu m to stayg rmed and volly challengg homophobia, biphobia and transphobia, and to te others on the importance of cln, equaly, diversy, and rpect.
This clus memoratg ocsns like IDAHOBIT, the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
“It’s no cince that Mental Health Awarens Week and the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia fall around the same time, ” says Ba, “as 17 May is the signated day when, 1990, the World Health Organisatn classified homosexualy as a mental disorr. Barclays was also the first bank to have a gay uple our retail bankg advertisg and the first to have a transgenr lleague as part of our advertisg for London Pri. Eventually his lleague wh whom he had worked for many years built up the urage to say “I am really sorry, I n’t accept the job bee I am a gay man.