LGBT+ charity writes to BBC over 'strong concern and shock' after red ribbons feature aired on World AIDS Day
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inbox LGBT Foundation has written to the BBC in response to a news feature which aired on World AIDS Day which encouraged viewers to use red ribbons to remember the lives lost to Covid-19.
BBC North West posted a video on Twitter on Tuesday (December 1) encouraging people to pay tribute to victims of COVID-19 by tying a red ribbon around a tree.
The feature, which also aired on the BBC's North West Tonight programme, received immediate backlash from people who said the campaign was 'disrespectful' and 'insensitive'.
The red ribbon is popularly used as the universal symbol of awareness and support for people living with HIV and viewers added it was 'inappropriate' to suggest the idea on World AIDS Day.BBC North West later.
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