SPEECH: Sen. Simons backs 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, denounces anti-trans hate
SPEECH: Sen. Simons backs 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, denounces anti-trans hate
Senator Paula Simons stands in the Chamber alongside colleagues to reaffirm the rights of 2SLGBTQIA+ Canadians, call out partisan scapegoating of trans Canadian, and dispel myths about the danger to children. She joins the Honourable Senator René Cormier and others in the Red Chamber urging the gove...
Excellent speech by Canada's most excellent Senator https://mstdn.ca/@Paulatics
Is the goal to use every letter of the alphabet?
Nice bigot comment.
Nice knee jerk response to valid criticism. It is objectively difficult to support a cause when a) you can't remember the current "correct" name, or b) you get non-inclusive shamed for not using the (current) right name, or c) you get called a bigot for pointing out either of these things by knee jerking shit heads like yourself.
2SLGBTBBQ? never seen this one before, what is the 2s?
I was going to ask the same question but, you know, in a respectful way instead of an idiot's way.
Thanks for those who replied to this. It would have felt awkward asking after seeing someone asking the same question in bad faith.
In that spirit, for anyone wondering and curious. The full acronym, explanation and details can be found here.
Paula is a fantastic human being.
I don't like the idea of expanding the acronym to intentionally place someone "first."
Everyone has an equal place at the table and this feels like a great way to start the kind of stupid infighting that I've found exhausting since I first heard a man claim that he didn't have an interest in a community that spent any time and energy fighting for anything but his needs. At a Pride parade in the late nineties ffs.
Additionally, it feels hollow in the same way that corporate pride feels. "You haven't been represented appropriately in this community up until now, but look! You're first!"
More allies are needed, not less. It's great to know there is one in the Senate. Haven't you been paying attention to what bigot Moe and his far right government are doing in Saskatchewan?
Adding is absolutely not the issue here. I think I was pretty clear on that. There is room for everyone in our world.
It's the intentional effort to put one group before all others, especially when that group has been vastly under-supported, historically.
like a great way to start the kind of stupid infighting
How much infighting regarding this have you been seeing? From where I stand, it has been pretty smooth sailing. The LGBTQIA+ community reaction I've seen varies between "meh, whatever" to "yeah that's kinda cool".