Quote from: Lexi Darling on Apr 02, 2025, 12:15 AMI've decided I'm going to continue to use this thread to post news articles about the current wave of persecution of LGBTQIA+ people. I think it's still a good thing to spread the word since fewer outlets report on this stuff. However, to preserve my mental peace I will not be making any personal commentary on the articles or joining in on any debates in this thread. [/url]

Please do! I'm quite grateful for the stories posted here and have often come back to this thread refresh myself on them and also to scoop up links and pass them along to others. You've breached SCD containment! Speaking candidly only for myself, at this point what's going on and where things are headed is pretty clear to reasonable informed people. Many are still in denial, and that can be for many reasons good or bad, but those reasons are very likely beyond the reach of internet discussions. Leading horses to water, and all that.

Up north, things are mostly quiet on this front, but Carney didn't acknowledge Trans Visibility Day yesterday (only one party leader bothered to) which may seem trivial on its face but is a marked difference from Trudeau's outspoken support for the LGBTQ+ community. Carney has been rapidly moving right in many ways which is especially concerning since his approach to undermining his Conservative opponent is to simply adopt their policies as liberal voters clap like seals. Unlike US democrats, Canadian liberals love to win and stomp on their political rivals (which I like), but unfortunately share the same lack of having very few actual guiding principles or ideological convictions. Not a great development, and I think we will remain only a few steps behind the US down the same path.

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