Pride National Trust.

So for those of you that are not aware in the UK there is a group called National Trust which essentially takes over historical sites e.g. Castles, large country estates when the families that own them can no longer pay for the upkeep. Tourist activity such as guided tours and cafes is then used to generate the income to pay for maintenance. One particular historic building was previously owned by a (closeted) gay man. He is now dead but has family in the area. Management at the Trust decided to celebrate Pride month by outing him and forcing their volunteer staff to wear pride badges (those who refused for whatever reason were told they could not have contact with patrons). A lot if the people who volunteer there are in retirement and their work means a lot to them

so they were quite upset. The previous owner's remaining family were also upset that the secret he had kept all his life was now being widely publicised. Eventually the no badge no contact rule was revoked and the customary scale goat resigned. Do you think the rule was fine or was it out of line? Or do you think that the whole idea of using a dead man's secret sexuality for publicity in connect with pride was unnecessary?