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Virgin Trains put homophobes on the right track

Earlier this month, a Facebook user questioned why LGBT+ events should be celebrated when Virgin Trains announced it supported Pride Month.

“Absolutely nothing against our gay community but I do find it bizarre as to why it should be celebrated!” the user wrote in a since-deleted Facebook post. “After all if it wasn’t for the straight people none of us would be hear [sic]. Isn’t that worth celebrating?”

KM, the Virgin Trains East Coast employee behind the Twitter account, decided to explain to the Twitter user why Pride is so important.

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