danjuno
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The percentage may or may not be significant, but it tracks that Trans rights are the biggest issue.
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[RD] LGBTQ News II
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Evie
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Oh, believe me, we'd love to be a *little* less in the news lately.
A lot less actually. In fact, *not* being in the news altogether would suit many of us just fine.
A lot less actually. In fact, *not* being in the news altogether would suit many of us just fine.
danjuno
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But how else are professional Culture War grifters going to obtain money and power- oh wait, they don't even need to do that because they can use anything as a target because they have no coherent beliefs. 
So... go find some news stories about the LGB part if you think there's any worth discussing? News of countries moving towards legalizing gay marriage or something? Nobody's stopping you. What's it to you, anyway? You're not any of the letters, are you?
Manfred Belheim
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How pleasant
Broken_Erika
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Some 2SLGBTQ+ events cancelled in Kitchener following threats of disruption
Beers with Queers cancelled, Spectrum event held online after warning from police
It was just supposed to be a fun night out with friends at a popular brewery until threats of violence forced organizers to cancel the event.Beers with Queers was created as a judgement-free event for members and allies of the 2SLGBTQ+ community to hang out at Together We're Bitter (TWB) Brewery in Kitchener on Tuesday.
Amanda Farquhar is a manager and owner at the brewery. She says they first got a visit from the Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) on Monday.
"They had received information that an [anti-gay] group was going to target an event happening in Waterloo region in hopes of causing violence," she said.
"[Police said] if this hate group showed up, we should just lock the doors and call 911 and they would be there basically immediately."
Suzie Taka is the executive director of Spectrum, a community space that supports members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Taka says police also contacted them about the tip.
"[Police] had received an anonymous tip that local queer programs or events were going to be targeted... They didn't call it a protest. They called it targeted," Taka said, adding that Tuesday's peer support group events were moved to online as a safety precaution.
"This more specific targeting of a group, saying they are going to go to specific queer events, kind of seeking out the community is different and is concerning... We've really had to think through how we address these things."
Police response
In a statement to CBC News, WRPS said there is no ongoing investigation at this time."Waterloo Regional Police received information regarding a potential disruption at an unspecified upcoming 2SLGBTQI+ event taking place in Kitchener on October 21, 2025," the statement said.
"The information was shared with organizers of events taking place today and safety planning was conducted. "
Police did not clarify if any charges were laid, whether the group has a history in Waterloo region and how they found out about the group's plans for Tuesday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitc...ner-following-threats-of-disruption-9.6947266
danjuno
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If you ask why certain kinds of articles aren't being posted but then don't post any yourself, then yeah, people are going to be annoyed with you.
Literally I have no idea what you're getting at
What prompted you to make the post in the first place? I can guess reasons why, but you tend to get annoyed anytime someone comes up with their own interpretations of what you say that go beyond the literal meaning of the words. When you say things like "that seems like a noteworthy imbalance" or "get an idea of what the focus actually is" you certainly imply that you think we're talking about trans issues too much, even if you're not outright saying it, so if that's not what you mean, what exactly do you mean?
Genuinely, I'm not meaning this as some kind of gotcha question- do you think there's LGB-but-not-T news stories we should be discussing but aren't? Are you just making idle observations?
Manfred Belheim
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Well that's a very odd standard to be adhering too. In any case, I wasn't asking why any specific things weren't being posted, but I thought the balance or ratio was quite notable. If you don't find it interesting then fair enough.
Well you've basically said that I should have no reason to take any interest in things that don't personally affect me, so I'll take that under advisement. I'm sure at some point in the not too distant future I'll be expected to do the opposite, but I'll just refer back to this when that happens. Thanks for your advice.
You cannot be surprised that most of the discussion and news is about the section of the queer community which the two largest anglophone countries have been actively trying to destroy.
Again, like, why do you find it interesting enough to write a post about it, what made you decide you cared enough to try to find what the percentage was, if you're not interested enough to share any news items yourself
That's not what I'm saying
I'm saying that if you are interested in something that doesn't personally affect you, why is this the very specific thing you're interested in, the amount we talk about things that are LGB but not T, why are you interested enough to bring that up but not interested enough to share any news items in that category? It just strikes me as a really odd position to have
Like I said I can guess reasons why you'd care very specifically about that, but I genuinely don't know what your reasons are, hence me wondering if it's just some idle curiosity that popped into your head?
Manfred Belheim
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Framing aside, no. As I said:
So I'm not surprised it dominates the thread, my surprise was that it's very close to being the exclusive topic.
The concept of deciding to be interested in something doesn't really resonate with me I'm afraid. It wasn't a conscious decision to have a curiosity. I also can't see what the mystery is as to why such a proportion would be inherently noteworthy. I mean, if there was a thread called "General Pet Discussions" and you had a look and it was 95% about terrapins across a dozen pages, I don't think anyone would demand that you justify why you found that noteworthy, or state that you weren't allowed to say you did unless you were willing to actively start posting about hamsters.
But again, if you're telling me this all should be of no interest to me then I will bear that in mind in future.
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danjuno
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Pets aren't a major political issue right now. You brought up a rather obscure factoid concerning coverage of a political issue, so it's completely natural that people are assuming you're trying to make some sort of point.
I mean... if the largest anglophone countries were regularly churning out news items about terrapins and about their governments trying to legislate terrapins out of existence, and there was nothing remotely comparable happening to any other pet... yeah, you'd expect terrapins to be almost exclusively what we talk about?
The reason why your post got the response it did is because, well, it can easily be read as concern trolling. You bringing up that we're almost never talking about hamsters implies that either you think we're talking about terrapins too much and you're concerned we're making such a big deal about the terrapins, or that you think there's hamster-related news items we haven't been talking about but should have been talking about, and you're not making it sound like it's the second one. Certainly it also could be just something that popped into your head and made you curious, but like danjuno said, if you bring something up about a hot button political issue, people will assume you're trying to say something about it, and if you're being really vague about what that something is people will start reading possible interpretations and asking you follow-up questions. Because, well, rarely do people just chime in with some kind of random observation about a political issue like that and have it mean nothing other than "I just thought this was an interesting fact"
The reason why your post got the response it did is because, well, it can easily be read as concern trolling. You bringing up that we're almost never talking about hamsters implies that either you think we're talking about terrapins too much and you're concerned we're making such a big deal about the terrapins, or that you think there's hamster-related news items we haven't been talking about but should have been talking about, and you're not making it sound like it's the second one. Certainly it also could be just something that popped into your head and made you curious, but like danjuno said, if you bring something up about a hot button political issue, people will assume you're trying to say something about it, and if you're being really vague about what that something is people will start reading possible interpretations and asking you follow-up questions. Because, well, rarely do people just chime in with some kind of random observation about a political issue like that and have it mean nothing other than "I just thought this was an interesting fact"
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Court to consider whether to hear challenge to same-sex marriage on Nov. 7
The court is scheduled to consider whether to hear Kim Davis’ challenge to same-sex marriage at their private conference on Friday, Nov. 7. As a general practice, the court does […]
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If the Supreme Court agrees to hear this case, we may soon be talking about the LG members of the LGBTQ community.
Manfred Belheim
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Not sure what you refer to with "obscure factoid", or even which definition of factoid you're using.
Evie
Pronounced like Eevee
And the B, for that matter.
Lexicus
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Court to consider whether to hear challenge to same-sex marriage on Nov. 7
The court is scheduled to consider whether to hear Kim Davis’ challenge to same-sex marriage at their private conference on Friday, Nov. 7. As a general practice, the court does […]
If the Supreme Court agrees to hear this case, we may soon be talking about the LG members of the LGBTQ community.
Came here to post this.
Cloud_Strife
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Could have fooled me
Cloud_Strife
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Don't worry @Manfred Belheim , once Britain and America has finished pumelling it's respective trans population, cis lesbian, gay men and bisexuals will be next, then you can hear about them more, the groups you claim to care about it
