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Originally Posted by Travis Munroe
Is there any supporting information that LGBTQ rights would suffer at all under different leadership? (not trying to start political debate but am curious if there are new headlines beyond the stuff that goes way back)
The world as a whole has evolved and people are much more understanding and educated on a wide range of topics. What was often seen as "different" many years ago is now completely normal. I am sure that a very large portion of the population has a much different view on the LGBTQ community today than they did 10 or 20 years ago and I am willing to bet that the LGBTQ community would agree.
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I agree with you, and want that to be the case. The reality is something different though. The idea that schools would have to inform parents about them being in a GSA might not be a big deal for a lot of kids. I wouldn't have an issue at all, personally, and in that regard I guess I think, "whats the problem?". But the truth is there are many kids who don't have that "luxury". They would have the idea that if they did something like that, their parents would disown them or at least cause a lot of strife, or even just the idea that this might be their reaction.
I also think that while things have changed for people around my age, and we're generally very tolerant and accepting, that's just plain not the case for everyone. I have no idea why...but people who think that way all tend to gravitate to one party here in Alberta. And in all honesty, while I do think that the NDP has tried to inflame this (which is downright pathetic, deplorable in my personal opinion), some of the voting and political behaviours of the UCP on this topic don't fill me with a lot of confidence that they'll champion equality. In all honesty, the Alberta Party (which is basically the PC's who didn't want to be under Kenney at this point) aren't a lot better. There is still a streak of intolerance for some reason, and while I can't relate to the hang-ups that some people seem to have there, I still think it exists.