Elsewhere, Uganda’s president just passed the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, including life imprisonment for anyone convicted of homosexuality and in some cases the death penalty. Globally,
Despite this, we are seeing a significant rise of bigotry across Canada. In March 2023, trans activist Fae Johnstone was featured by Hershey’s Chocolate for International Women’s Day. Her inclusion was supposed to send a message about celebrating women in all our diversity. Instead, it sparked a global campaign to boycott Hershey’s and Johnstone received death threats.Article content
In Ottawa last week, a transphobic organizer held a rally outside three schools . Whereas he pulled this stunt in 2021 and was chased out by students, parents and community advocates, this year he had an entourage of more anti-LGBTQ protesters. The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board appropriately asserted that schools are places of learning and should not be the targets of political protests.
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