I can't say if this specific one is authentic but I would not be surprised, as my company does the same: branded pride flags, t-shirts for their LGBTQ+ employees. And I'm torn on this, because I feel a bit bad about the branding aspect of it, but on the other hand the company putting their name to openly support all sexual and gender identities does seem like a good thing to do....

Yes, the irony of a company that produces more efficient ways of killing people being concerned with social issues does not escape me. But there are employees of the company who apparently support both (and good for them)

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 32 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Any employee of Lockheed Martin who's an ally attended on their own, not behind company branding. This is just a big business rainbowwashing itself. Using queer people as a tool to improve its own social capital.

[–] asphalt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 6 months ago

Well that doesn't really adress the point

[–] Buffalobuffalo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

[–] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But there are employees of the company who apparently support both (and good for them)

God, what the fuck is wrong with you people. "Good for people to be able to both be supportive of LGBTQ+ and support the military industry of an imperialist country like the US!!". Fuck you, honestly

[–] Censored@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That imperialist country is really the leading force in pushing for LGBTQ rights globally. So keep stanning dictatorships where queer people would be bullied at best, routinely tortured and murdered at worst.

[–] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Almost as if, hear me out, I won't praise any private company whose profit motive is making killing easier :0

The INSTITUTIONS of the US in general aren't responsible for the social progress in feminism and LGBTQ+ and racial issues, let alone the military or the industrial complex behind it. It's the people in the US who are behind all of this momentum, despite the institutions fighting against it as we can see with the recent Roe v Wade incident or the oppression of trans rights by republicans. These social victories have been achieved DESPITE the US institutions and the military industrial complex NOT BECAUSE of them.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

The INSTITUTIONS of the US in general aren’t responsible for the social progress in feminism and LGBTQ+ and racial issues,

Do you happen to know what the polling was for approval of interracial marriage at the time of Loving v. Virginia? Just curious.

[–] KnowledgeableNip@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's also led by LGBT people and allies within the company. The goal is to make it a nicer place to work and recruit talent; whatever PR comes their way is just a perk.

[–] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago

If you're not fucking ASHAMED of parading with a Lockheed Martin banner, you're a disgusting human being. Change my mind