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Meldread

(4,213 posts)

8. Exactly.

Reply to LeftyMom (Reply #7)

Sun Jun 26, 2016, 06:29 AM

Jun 2016

All Queer Lives Matter, not just the white, male, cis and hetero-conforming ones, or the ones that work "respectable" jobs. Every life in our community matters, and so long as someone in our community is under threat we are all under threat.

We shouldn't allow respectability politics to override our duty to one another.

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Black Lives Matter protesters interrupt Pride mural unveiling by Toronto police [View all] romanic Jun 2016 OP

That's pretty unfortunate frazzled Jun 2016 #1

Great advice Aerows Jun 2016 #3

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #2

It seems like BLM some guy Jun 2016 #4

I hope to see them find common ground and joint strategies loyalsister Jun 2016 #6

This sort of stunt won't help #BLM's cause. SMC22307 Jun 2016 #5

Queer and trans POC have their lives ruined and ended by police. LeftyMom Jun 2016 #7

Exactly. Meldread Jun 2016 #8