In a group we decided which one was the strongest: they liked the suit one the most, and thought it was the clearest.
Then we went around everyone's work and wrote on the critique sheets.
People recognised that my poster is about "LGBT inequality", "homophobia/transphobia etc", and said that the central issue was recognisable "after a slight bit", and another person said that it was with the text but otherwise not sure.
They said the jackets helped show the message that it's about the workplace, and also have connotations about the closet. The rainbow is an obvious indicator of LGBTQ pride. Someone mentioned "the purple one" was not as clear: it's the bisexual flag so I guess people don't know that as well. The other ones are the asexual, aromantic and trans pride flags which I doubt most people recognise as well either, but I feel like if they're by the rainbow flag people can assume they're other pride flags.
People thought my specific issue was: fear of coming out because of homophobia, being closeted because of discrimination etc, and someone also thought I was saying it's harder for trans people to come out (because the trans flag is the one being hidden), which is true - I put the trans flag as the closeted one because trans people face more discrimination, though I am commenting on general lgbq discrimination in the workplace as well. Considering both of the comments, I guess that works well? for people who don't know much about lgbtq issues, they see that it's about general discrimination and get that message, and someone who knows more about lgbtq issues will see that it's about those who are more marginalised within the lgbtq community as well.
Someone also commented that the text (1/3 of lgbtq new zealanders remain closeted at work, which I mostly erased so that people will not just look at it first instead of the image) helped make obvious the specific issue and that I should keep it. I wonder if I can make it more succint, or something that doesn't just specify what the image already says.
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