The Manitoba government is asking how to better serve members of the LGBTTQ+ community after being “attacked” in recent years. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * The Manitoba government is asking how to better serve members of the LGBTTQ+ community after being “attacked” in recent years. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? The Manitoba government is asking how to better serve members of the LGBTTQ+ community after being “attacked” in recent years.
Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine said the Women and Gender Equity Manitoba Secretariat is conducting an online survey and focus groups to learn more about the community’s needs and concerns. “The underlying thing here is that in the last many years, we’ve really seen the community not feel safe for a variety of different reasons across the province at the hands of the former government,” she said in an interview. Before going down to defeat in the Oct.
3 election, the Progressive Conservatives campaigned on “parental rights” — an all-encompassing term rooted in socially-conservative beliefs about gender diversity. Critics said it was a transphobic dog whistle intended to rile up part of the Tories’ base. This year, most members of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly voted in favour of NDP MLA Logan Oxenham’s private members’ bill designating March 31 as Two-Spirit and Transgender Day of Visibility in Manitoba.
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