a steaming pile of UCP bullshit
"Since new laws took effect in September, Alberta’s education ministry must approve every worksheet, video, PowerPoint presentation, activity, pamphlet or external presentation that educators use to teach sexual health outcomes, or deliver lessons about sexual orientation or gender identity."
#AbPoli #AntiQueerNonsense #AntiTransNonsense #SexistNonsense
Budapest Mayor and member of the European Green Party Gergely Karacsony remains defiant after being criminally charged for his role in organizing his city’s Pride parade last summer in defiance of Hungarian law. Over 200,000 people marched with him.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/budapest-mayor-pride-charges-9.7066808
“So I say to anyone, whether it’s [Peters] or any other hater, that whatever you feel towards me, I choose not to tolerate it because I know you can do better”
— Benjamin Doyle, retiring non-binary NZ Green MP who was targeted by anti-trans and anti-queer assholes including NZ First MP Winston Peters
New Zealand's first openly non-binary MP is leaving Parliament, because of avalanches of transphobic and queerphobic hatred, including from a Cabinet Minister. their child asked them to step down, and so they are doing it for both their sakes. 💔
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/572232/green-mp-benjamin-doyle-resigns-from-parliament
meanwhile, in Alberta, the provincial government is actively interfering in school libraries by having books removed. for example: in Edmonton, books with 2SLGBTQ+ themes such as Gender Queer and Two Boys Kissing have been banned - on the grounds that they're "too sexually explicit" 👖🔥
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-school-books-removal-1.7620807
A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new rules governing books in school libraries as of Oct. 1.
Winston Peters is an anti-trans anti-queer bigot. why are cis and straight NZers letting him harm us trans and queer NZers? (No, "I didn't think it would happen here!" isn't good enough.)
"Minister of foreign affairs...personally intervened to stop NZ's diplomatic posts around the world from posting about Pride Month on social media"
go these Hungarians!! 🌈
"Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Hungary's capital on Saturday as a banned 2SLGBTQ+ rights rally swelled into a mass demonstration against the government led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/protesters-2slgbtq-rights-rally-hungary-1.7573599
over half of all LGBTIQ+ New Zealanders experience discrimination while sharing housing
RIP Jonathan Joss, who voiced John Redcorn on King of the Hill, he was queer and was murdered by a neighbour who yelled violent homophobic slurs before opening fire
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/jonathan-joss-homophobia-shooting-1.7554172
Investigators are looking into whether the sexual orientation of King of the Hill voice actor Jonathan Joss played a role in his shooting death in Texas, authorities said Thursday, walking back a previous statement about the potential motive.
Alberta is banning books with 2SLGBTIQ+ themes from certain age groups, with the intention of stamping out the opportunity for children and youths to learn about queer and trans identities and knowledges:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-age-appropriate-books-schools-1.7543899
A-Dub 🥝
A-Dub 🥝
