Following Blackpool’s lead, Southport Council has announced plans to paint the town’s zebra crossings in the rainbow colours of the LGBTQ+ community.
The initiative will, for the first time, allow Southport’s homosexuals to cross the road legally since being gay was given the thumbs up in the Sexual Offences Act of 1967.
“It’s about time if you ask me,” said local bus driver Gareth Rimmer, 43. Rimmer was quick to clarify that he isn’t gay himself, despite the life-size David Hasselhoff Baywatch poster on the back of his bathroom door.
Long-time resident Elsie Wiggins, 84, said she has been waiting decades for this moment. “Just last week I saw a group of cold, wet lesbians huddled together shivering at the side of the road,” she told us. “The poor dears looked like they’d been there for days, waiting for a safe, legal and inclusive way to cross over.”
We at The Times salute the Council’s bold commitment to equal crossing rights. We are sure you will agree with us that people of all races, genders, religions and sexualities should be able cross Southport’s roads in harmony.
