Tag: traffic lights
Check out these LGBTQ traffic signals Edinburgh is installing for their Pride parade
Pride celebrations are kicking off in Edinburgh this weekend, and the city is literally giving the green light to participants in the Scottish capital.
35 traffic lights and pedestrian walk symbols along the parade route for Pride Edinburgh are getting special patterns over the green lights, each representing different aspects of the LGBTQ community, as well as a design for straight relationships.
“We’re delighted to be helping to display these diversity symbols through the Old Town as part of this year’s...
LGBT traffic lights will remain in London permanently
The traffic lights were put in place for Pride in London.
Transport for London (TFL) has announced LGBT pedestrian lights in London will become a permanent fixture in the city’s streets.
The change was made for Pride in London which took place in June – shortly after the massacre of 49 people in Orlando in gay nightclub Pulse.
Around 50 lights at pedestrian signals at crossings around the iconic Trafalgar Square were initially announced as a temporary installation.
The designs include LGBT symbols,...
Another European city gets LGBT traffic lights
The Dutch city of Utrecht is now part of other cities that have installed gay traffic lights to show their support for same-sex love.
The city hall has installed the signs at two pedestrian crossings in the city. The traffic lights depict same-sex couples holding hands and occasionally little hearts added to suggest love and acceptance.
The initiative is meant to make people accept all forms of love. Councilman Kees Geldorf explained the impact he wants the signs to have on people, and pointed that...
