Despite the acronym, this day is not about small folk who live in the Shire; May 17th is the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. The date of May 17 was specifically chosen to commemorate the World Health Organization’s decision in 1990 to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder. It is a global campaign aimed at raising awareness about…
Read moreDear Friends, At our CUPE BC Convention 2022, delegates passed a resolution encouraging locals and district councils to transition from using the term “Brothers/Sisters” to more gender-inclusive terms including, but not limited to, “fellow-workers, siblings, kin, members, unionists, folk, friends or cousins.” The labour movement’s practice of calling one another “sister” or “brother” clashes with a growing consciousness about the…
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