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submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by Reannlegge@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

I originally thought it was an excessive amount of letters to describe those of us under the rainbow but no, it makes more sense in the context of the article I do not really agree with combining the two but to each their own I guess.

MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ stands for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual+. It's derived in part from the more commonly used initialisms MMIWG (missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls) and 2SLGBTQ+.

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[-] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 16 points 20 hours ago

While I understand the motivation of wanting to support the rights of marginalized groups in society, a term that encompasses all of those groups would be far too unwieldy to be practical or readily recognized.

Solidarity between marginalized groups can be achieved with a term more marketable than an alphabet soup.

[-] starchylemming@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

at this point i think proposed changes like this are ragebait to weaken support with people on the fence. every little stupid thing that is mildly irritating adds up. don't lose the bigger picture

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