...i really don't think folks are truly looking for more labels to be #stigmatized by or new extra small boxes to be crammed into...

we are seeking to be understood as we are, relief from the isolation of our percieved defects, and a sense of empowered belonging.

so say Divine Lotus People instead of downs syndrome, but either way, please stop diagnosing differences and just #belove

#love doesnt require any other labels.

Most letter writers to our local newspaper, #TimesColonist are quite conservative & cruel in how they think about marginalized peoples. You rarely see compassion in TC letters published, that Mr. Chris Holiday has shown. I don't know the person but grateful locals like them exist.

"Give more respect to those unhoused
I have been appalled at the increasing level of stigmatization and hatred directed toward the unhoused population.

I live on Pandora Avenue and frequently walk by individuals suffering most severely from our province’s housing crisis. I’ve witnessed individuals in crisis and using threatening language towards passersby but I have also witnessed verbal harassment of unhoused individuals coming from the balconies of luxury apartments.

Public safety is a two-way street, everyone deserves the right to safety and dignity. A 2023 study by the Ministry of Housing reports that 67% of unhoused individuals have lived in their community for more than five years and 23% for their entire lives.

These are our neighbours, and they deserve respect just as much as us who are housed.

Chris Holiday

Victoria"

https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/letters-sept-16-facing-financial-disaster-lightstations-not-lifeboats-respect-for-the-unhoused-9525284

#YYJpoli #VictoriaBC #YYJCitizens #BreakTheStigmas #HelpTheHomeless #HomelessLivesMatter #HelpNotHarm #PovertyIsNotACrime #HouseTheHomeless #HomelessnessIsNotACrime #BCpoli #SocialHousingNow #HousingCrisis #RentalCrisis #BCNDP #YYJ #CDNpoli #Marginalized #VulnerablePopulation #Stigmatized #StigmaKills #SmashStigmas

apakabullly tlga ng demonyong **nry **ling na yan‼️🆘🆘🆘

update:
pareho sila nung no.1 na demonyong harasser **nathan **o!‼️mga demonyong **yuhin ‼️

pati nung 2 kapat** kong sumunod sa akin. mga harassers, discriminators ‼️

#harassment #targetedharassment #bullying #socialbullying #stigmatized #ostracized

2 in 5 #women feel this subject is still #stigmatized

https://talker.news/2024/02/06/2-in-5-women-feel-this-subject-is-still-stigmatized/

#GenZ women have had a hard time talking about their #period than #babyboomers did