▲ 90 ▼ Roles for trans and non-binary characters are vanishing, actors and experts warn (www.cbc.ca) submitted 5 days ago by supersquirrel@lemmy.ca to c/world 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 days ago (4 children) 2SLGBTQ+ The acronyms are seriously getting ridiculous. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Ianthe__Tridentarius@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 5 days ago* The reason you see "2S," which means "Two-Spirit," in Canada is because it highlights First Nations people in a country which has oppressed its indigenous population for centuries and which tried to erase the cultural identities of those peoples, especially if those identities happened to include third genders or something similar. So putting the 2S at the front centers that struggle, like how lesbians got to be in front of LGBT because of their work during the AIDS crisis. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago (2 children) 2SLGBTQ+ is used mostly by the CBC, since it's the most Canadian version, highlighting two-spirit as something culturally distinct. But in practice, we all just use "LGBT+ or "LGBTQ". Kinda like how we all use "MMIWG" and not "MMIWGA2SLGBTQI+P" https://mmiwg2splus-nationalactionplan.ca/eng/1670511213459/1670511226843 (Also to be pedantic, it's an initialism) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stoy@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 days ago (1 child) Kinda like how we all use "MMIWG" This is litterarly the first time I have even seen that.... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tpyo@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago Me too, so for the people who don't know: "Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ianthe__Tridentarius@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 5 days ago* The reason you see "2S," which means "Two-Spirit," in Canada is because it highlights First Nations people in a country which has oppressed its indigenous population for centuries and which tried to erase the cultural identities of those peoples, especially if those identities happened to include third genders or something similar. So putting the 2S at the front centers that struggle, like how lesbians got to be in front of LGBT because of their work during the AIDS crisis. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago (2 children) 2SLGBTQ+ is used mostly by the CBC, since it's the most Canadian version, highlighting two-spirit as something culturally distinct. But in practice, we all just use "LGBT+ or "LGBTQ". Kinda like how we all use "MMIWG" and not "MMIWGA2SLGBTQI+P" https://mmiwg2splus-nationalactionplan.ca/eng/1670511213459/1670511226843 (Also to be pedantic, it's an initialism) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stoy@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 days ago (1 child) Kinda like how we all use "MMIWG" This is litterarly the first time I have even seen that.... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tpyo@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago Me too, so for the people who don't know: "Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 days ago (1 child) Kinda like how we all use "MMIWG" This is litterarly the first time I have even seen that.... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tpyo@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago Me too, so for the people who don't know: "Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tpyo@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago Me too, so for the people who don't know: "Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls" permalink fedilink source parent