Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #yegpride
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On the heels of Twitter's indulgence in the TERF campaign to silence trans people using the term, we get several well networked Philosophy gatekeepers calling for the retraction of a paper that describes the term's utility as propaganda.
Let me tell you about Brenda.
Let me tell you about Brenda.
In the fallout of the protest against uniformed police participation in #YEGPride the Pride festival attempted to host a town hall on how to collect feedback through their community engagement committee on what to do next.
If you followed along the #YEGPride protest you might be confused, as the pride festival accepted the protest's demands. Well, the festival "taking feedback" now, make of that what you will. Anyway, so, the town hall.
My latest for the @yegQuotient
"For some people the very concept of turning scrutiny to our authorities is so alien I might as well be asking them to grow a second head. Yet it was this scrutiny that laid the foundation of Edmonton’s Pride Festival."
edmontonquotient.com/2018/06/26/the…
"For some people the very concept of turning scrutiny to our authorities is so alien I might as well be asking them to grow a second head. Yet it was this scrutiny that laid the foundation of Edmonton’s Pride Festival."
edmontonquotient.com/2018/06/26/the…
#YEGPride
"the protesters this year channelled the original spirit of Pride exactly as it was conceived in 1981. It was a rally for liberation, not tolerance; its northern star was equality, not some tepid request for inclusion"
edmontonquotient.com/2018/06/26/the…
"the protesters this year channelled the original spirit of Pride exactly as it was conceived in 1981. It was a rally for liberation, not tolerance; its northern star was equality, not some tepid request for inclusion"
edmontonquotient.com/2018/06/26/the…
"After taking population into account, Canada still experiences half as many police perpetrated homicides, even if they aren’t as widely publicized or recognized. It’s a fact — among many others — I have seldom seen mentioned in the debates"
edmontonquotient.com/2018/06/26/the…
edmontonquotient.com/2018/06/26/the…
