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Originally Posted by Livia

Neither the black nor the purple poppy has anything to do with the Royal British Legion. They are provided by separate organisations and, like I suggested previously, if an LGBT organisation wanted to launch their own exclusive poppy I would have no problem with that, so long as the procedes benefit ex-service personnel. The red poppy is for everyone, without excluding anyone. So I don't see why people would want the RBL to single them out and make them a special case. The first black man to join the Guards in the 1980s suffered horrendous racism. I never heard it suggested the British Legion give him a special poppy.

While I don't see the LGBT poppy as a necessity, I can see why the RBL might want to offer a symbol of an apology of their previous discrimination as an organisation, that's all.

I don't see how creating a new, extra Poppy devalues the other one and therefore I personally don't see the issue either way. If it was replacing the standard poppy, well that's a different thing.