‘We will not go anywhere': Toronto Pride celebrations continue despite financial woes.
They have a $900,000 funding gap after some of their corporate sponsors pulled out.

https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/ontario/we-will-not-go-anywhere-toronto-pride-celebrations-continue-despite-financial-woes/article_2b103c15-98da-5b00-b241-583bc962d0de.html
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« On n’ira nulle part, » les célébrations de Toronto Pride continue malgré les difficultés financières.
Ils ont un manque de 900 000$ après que certains de leurs commanditaires se sont retirés.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2171117/fierte-festival-commanditaires-financement-toronto

#Toronto #2SLGBTQQIA #2ELGBTQQIA

Advocates are calling for 2SLGBTQQIA+ rights to be a key issue at the G7 summit in Alberta.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/09/world-leaders-face-calls-to-make-lgbtq2s-rights-a-key-issue-at-g7-summit/
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Des groupes appellent aux droits des personnes 2ELGBTQQIA+ soient un enjeu clé au sommet du G7 en Alberta.

// Article en anglais //

#2SLGBTQQIA #2ELGBTQQIA #G7

May 5 is #RedDressDay, a day to remember and honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and #2SLGBTQQIA+ peoples (#MMIWG2S+). Red Dress Day serves as a painful reminder of the ongoing genocidal crisis of missing and murdered #Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people and invites #solidarity and #action.

https://amnesty.ca/activism-guide/red-dress-day-2024-take-action-on-may-5/

#APTN National #News: May 5, 2025 – Red Dress Day events #honouring MMIWG2S+, Caribou #conservation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erDAN-U6bxs

#MMIW #LGBTQ

#Free #Decolonial #OpenAccess #Research Paper.

Building the #SettlerColonial Order: #Police (In)Actions in Response to #Violence Against #IndigenousWomen in #Canada

Abstract:

In this article we focus on missing and murdered #Indigenous women, girls, and #2SLGBTQQIA people in Canada. We theorize narratives that police employ to respond to this violence. Using a broad data sample of #testimonies across Canada, this article contributes to understanding how police (in)actions make sense of, justify, and dismiss violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people. We draw from 48 in-depth semi-structured interviews with Indigenous peoples in Toronto and other Canadian cities and 219 testimonies from the Canadian National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (NIMMIWG). The #analysis finds that police repeatedly use similar frames (topics), styles (linguistic and behavioral strategies), and storylines (narratives) to respond to violence against Indigenous peoples. While framing Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people as deviants helps police make sense of and explain violence against them, the use of verbal and behavioral strategies (indifference, callousness, and lack of information) and storylines (“they were [insert pathologizing frame]” and “there’s nothing we can do”) allows police to dismiss and justify acts of violence. We argue that the frames, styles, and storylines employed by police perpetuate violence. Police (in)actions are fundamental to achieving settler #colonialism’s ideological and material dimensions.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08912432231171171

#CDNpoli #IndigenousCanada #NativeMastodon #NativeCanada #SystematicRacism #KKKanada #ColonialViolence #RacistRCMP #ACAB #Injustice #TruthBeforeReconciliation #CanadianCops #MMIGW2S

Does anybody know of #fashion #designers based in #Lethbridge, #Alberta? Or anywhere in Southern Alberta?

I wonder if there's someone using #organic #fabrics?

Is there a Nitsitapi fashion designer?

Is there a #2SLGBTQIA+ fashion designer?

#Blackfoot #FirstNarions #Indigenous
#queer #2SLGBTQQIA