COMMENT | Fixation with rainbow colours does no one any good

COMMENT | It was an abject failure. It was not for want of trying. Time, money, and effort were expanded into this “experiment” but there was not an iota of evidence that what the government said was true.

The letdown warrants an unreserved apology but I am at a loss of words to frame it to the government whose words and actions prompted it in the first place.

If watches with coloured dials and straps could be detrimental to morality, it is mere hearsay without any substantiation or to put it crudely, a falsehood.

Over the past few days, I boarded public transport, ate in a crowded restaurant, visited the local council office and even a police station. I was unable to influence let alone convert able-bodied souls of the male gender.

Not one had a word to say. No one gave me winks especially since I have a ring on my right ear, which often is the mistaken belief that you are one of them.

If previously one had to look at the colours and read the words on the dial on the watches, I was more conspicuous.

I could not have crossed-dressed, especially but the rainbow colours on my T-shirt matched the watch strap to match – a perfect way the promote the cause as suggested by the authorities.

Perhaps, I was an old uncle, but who says senior citizens cannot be part of a grouping called LBGTQ+?