• willybe@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    The protest in Nanaimo today saw a larger attendance by the Pro-SOGI side. We had better flags and banners. We took the high ground with our numbers.

    • kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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      Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI), for those not familiar with the term.

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      That said, the rainbow flag crowd far outnumbered the dogwhistling “parents rights” crowd in Winnipeg today. And I’m hearing similar in many other cities.

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        Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)

        Thanks for the de-reference on the jargon. I’m not in a spot where I use an initialism like that enough to retain it.

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        I’m so happy to see this acronym catching on. I think it’s much more inclusive. I actually recall suggesting it to someone like 5 years ago, although I think it should technically be SOGIM with the M standing for minorities. So if you’re talking about taking to school kids about crushes, or what they feel it means to be a boy, that’s SOGI education (inclusive of cis het) while members of the lgbtqia2s+ community would be SOGIM.

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        That’s good to hear. I was out for a walk at lunch and went past the Legislature. From my vantage I could only make out the nutters, which was depressing. I didn’t have time to really investigate.

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      This is a weird way to say it, but if I understand correctly a win for tolerance and acceptance, in which case I salute you!