Madrid metro memo tells staff to keep an eye on gay people
Source: The Guardian
Authorities at Madrids metro have opened an investigation into an internal memo circulated to employees that flagged gay people as a problem group that needed extra vigilance.
The memo notes several stops along the metro, detailing the groups that workers should check to ensure that they have valid metro tickets. On Line 2 between the stops of Sol and Las Rosas, it urges workers to keep an eye on musicians, beggars and gays.
The memo was met with bewilderment by many employees, who saw it as discrimination, said Teodoro Piñuelas, from the UGT trade union which represents metro employees. The union then brought the memo to the attention of the metro authorities.
I dont understand why it would assume that homosexuals wouldnt pay for their tickets and that they need to be monitored. Why not tall people, or blondes or those who wear glasses? Piñuelas told El País.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/19/madrid-metro-memo-tells-staff-to-keep-an-eye-on-gay-people?CMP=fb_gu
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(11,841 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)This is the strangest story I've ever seen! I'd love to know more about the memo writer....
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)to get the US to go against Jeebus and god-fearing teabaggers in supporting gay marriage.
stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)the Gay folk wear Scarlet Letters in Spain?
Kennah
(14,315 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)Android3.14
(5,402 posts)The author of the memo is the one they need to watch.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Pukes and Baggers, soccer fans, radicalised Christians, etc.
LGBT persons are the least of their worries.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)nichomachus
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