A gay cruise liner has rescued 11 refugees adrift in a small boat in the Gulf of Mexico in an “emotional” moment.

I think this counts as uplifting news!

  • sga013@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    20 days ago

    I am sorry, but why do we have to specify they are “gay cruise” - I am not against LGBTQIA+ folks, but I think one of the things for equality is proper acceptance, and mentioning gay cruise definitely puts a bad light on it (overly emphasising on theee gay part rather than the rescue part). And it also unnecessarily adds to the stereotypes (which I would not be explaining here). Not homophobeic, but i would have prefered if title would have been - A cruise rescues …

    • Ilovethebomb@lemm.eeEnglish
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      20 days ago

      Because most cruises aren’t gay cruises, which makes the fact this one was unusual and somewhat interesting

      • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
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        19 days ago

        Of course, but the detail of the type of passenger on the ship whose crew is rescuing people from another vessel isn’t especially relevant to the main point of the story.