23, This blog can go from weird aesthetic stuff to really depressing poltics stuff to cute puppy videos in like 2 seconds. It has no consistency. I do not tag things unless some one tells me to or it's one of those tag yourself things (even then there's a chance I just won't). So far no one has asked me to tag anything.
OTTAWA - Despite a federal ban on conversion therapy being in place for more than a year, advocates fear the broader ideologies underpinning the practice continue to have a strong foothold in Canada.
New Criminal Code offences came into effect in January 2022, but it appears no charges or prosecutions have yet taken place.
Conversion therapy is the practice of attempting to change an individual’s sexual orientation to heterosexual or to change their gender identity to match the sex they were assigned at birth.
Nick Schiavo, executive director of No Conversion Canada, said he is worried about the possibility that those who wish to influence a person’s sexual orientation may use “coded language” to avoid falling under the law. […]
‘Gender-exploratory therapy’ is a massive red flag to watch out for; basically it’s ‘desistance therapy’ rebranded for the ‘20s. For an idea of how it’s structured, I recommend Elaine Scattermoon’s excellent thread. Be warned, though: she was targeted for GET as a young teen and subjected to it until second-year university, so it’s not an easy read.
I think something crucial about hobie that people are already ignoring is that he’s silly. he’s a silly guy. he hypes up his friends and makes stupid jokes and honestly from what we’ve seen he’s very physically affectionate. please don’t forget how silly he is
I’m kind of glad to hear that everyone does this. Because it means it isn’t colonizer bullshit, it’s what everyone does. It’s just people discovering new things. Everyone goes:
“Oh hey these people have their own style of [language A’s word for thing. Say, what do you call it?”
“Oh it’s [language B’s word for thing].”
“Got it, it’s [language B’s word for thing] variety [language A’s word for thing]”
added to which it is LITERALLY JUST LINGUISTIC SHORTHAND for
[item] the way [culture] makes it.
If you don’t want sliced bread, you want bread the way Eastern Indians make it you ask for Roti, not bread. Because Roti is bread THE WAY [EASTERN] INDIANS MAKE IT. Like fuck, it’s not that complicated a concept.
OF COURSE it’s not colonizer bullshit! It’s just linguistic shorthand!
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