NDP's Leah Gazan calls MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ critics 'bigots' (www.cbc.ca)

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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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[-] wraekscadu@vargar.org 13 points 14 hours ago

Classic case of champagne socialism smh. As someone from the "MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+" community, I would be much more excited to see housing, groceries, utilities, etc. go down while healthcare, education labor laws etc get strengthened.

I want to see strong, clear policies being presented by NDP politicians that I can talk about with friends and family and get them to vote orange, so that the above happens.

[-] randy@lemmy.ca 13 points 11 hours ago

As someone from the “MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+” community

Since you're alive enough to post here, I don't think you're from that community. Note the first three letters are for "missing and murdered Indigenous", and the rest are modifiers from that. As I understand, Leah Gazan is using this initialism as an expansion of "MMIWG", not as an expansion of "LGBTQ+". She is highlighting that the "ongoing genocide" she refers to is not solely of Indigenous women and girls, but also of gender-diverse Indigenous people.

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 hours ago

This. It doesn't matter what niche you fall into. We are all citizens and deserve the same consideration when it comes to the basics like food, shelter and warmth. Everybody everywhere should thrive and have hope for the future. Everything else is a rose is a rose is a rose.