In #VictoriaBC - you get in trouble from bylaw officers if you cook/feed the poor & houseless folks in Summer. You don't get in much trouble & usually left alone in cold, freezing weather in Winter because bylaw officers won't patrol much when conditions are miserable out. I learned that from past lived experiences when trying to cook outside to feed #hungry & #houseless folks.

I wouldn't feel the need to keep trying to feed people here if our governments, & our society as a whole, didn't treat houseless folks like they're not human & not deserving of kindness, compassion & understanding. Some of us citizens have got in trouble for trying to feed people - when the people trying to punish people like me aren't doing much to help feed & house the folks who need to be fed & housed the most.

I'm not a criminal. The heartless governments & ignorant people who #stigmatize hungry, houseless folks, while doing shit all to help out, are the real criminals in our society.

I will ALWAYS try to feed the hungry, without judgements. I hope more people will also go out to feed the hungry, without judgements. We - the grassroots citizens, who care - are local humanity in action. We need to keep trying to help folks in our own communities, as much as we can. We need to keep resisting the fascists who try to destroy our efforts.

Cruel fascists are no benefit to any community. Whether they're elected officials or not. The houseless are part of all of our communities. They don't deserve to be ignored & treated like lesser than humans.

#FeedTheHungry #StopTheStigma #CommunitySocialWork #HelpYourCommunity #BeAHumanitarian #HelpTheHungry #YYJpoli #BCpoli #HomelessnessIsNotACrime #PovertyIsNotACrime #HumanRights #SocialJustice

I genuinely don't know which I find more frustrating, the way I'm treated as a #trans woman for being #attracted to any cis man, or the way any cis man is treated for being attracted to me. 1/3

#bi #bisexual #biromantic #biphobia #transhet #transgender #transsexual #transfeminine #transwomen #transwoman #transgirls #transgirl #transmisogyny #stigma #stigmatize #stigmatized #stigmatizing #stigmatization #pathologized #pathologize #pathologization #pathologizing

This is an interesting article on how #language can be used to #stigmatize someone.

As per a study they mention in the article:

"They found that referring to patients as a “substance abuser” resulted in negative attitudes and assumptions about the patient, including that they should be punished for not following a treatment plan and that their “character” was culpable."

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/beyond-addiction/202211/words-matter-addiction-and-stigmatizing-language