Advocacy

Call to Action: Expanding Pierre Poilievre’s Queer Vocabulary

In a television interview on Wednesday Jan 22, Pierre Poilievre was asked about his thoughts on the new gender policy of the United States and answered “I’m aware of two”.

This campaign is intended to be a little tongue-in-cheek as Mr. Poilievre made the ridiculous claim of only being aware of two genders. We know his vocabulary is much stronger than that. But since he claimed ignorance, we’re encouraging our community to provide Mr. Poilievre and his deputy Melissa Lantsman, an MIA member of our community, a little lesson in queer vocabulary. Ms. Lantsman has been missing-in-action on the queer advocacy front for a while, and as a member of our community in a high-ranking position in our parliament, could be making an impact. With her voice and leadership sorely missed these last few years, we thought she could use a brush-up on the vocabulary as well.

As we shared with Mr. Poilievre before, language matters. Feigning ignorance on a serious topic is behaviour reserved for children and not someone seeking the top job in Canada.

Trans Affirming Lawn Sign Campaign

A resurgence of anti-trans rhetoric is emerging before our very eyes. Influential actors are preying on legitimate fears of parents, caregivers, and the general public by sharing disinformation to justify controversial and discriminatory policy positions and decisions. These actors have resorted to the Notwithstanding Clause to restrict the rights of a very small population of youth and their allies who have no vote to voice their perspective. We need to show our support, alias and community members alike.

We invite you to engage with our Lawn Sign campaign as one of the many ways you can engage and activate your community. Alongside our new workshop “Challenging Queer Disinformation” we’re encouraging our community to have difficult conversations, challenge where we all receive news and information, and understand how disinformation can drive disparities in human rights and equity in all of our communities. Check out our Workshops page for more information. Click the link below to learn more about our lawn sign campaign.

Past Media Releases

This section is currently being updated with access to all of our past media releases so you can better see all of our advocacy efforts over the years. In the interim, if you have any questions please contact Tristan by email: president@pflagyork.ca