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Canada issues travel advisory for LGBTQ+ residents visiting US (www.theguardian.com)

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In a statement to CNN, the global affairs department of the Canadian government said: "Since the beginning of 2023, certain states in the US have passed laws banning drag shows and restricting the transgender community from access to gender affirming care and from participation in sporting events."

Canada has provided specific guidelines to its LGBTQ+ citizens traveling abroad: "Watch for laws that: criminalize same-sex activities and relationships [and] criminalize people based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics."

"Some countries may use laws related to 'vagrancy', 'public nuisance' or 'public morals' to criminalize 2SLGBTQI+ people."

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one -4 points 2 years ago (7 children)

"2SLGBTQI+" add one lower case letter and it's a secure password for something. Has it officially become self parody at this point?

[–] such_lettuce7970@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This may surprise you, but not everywhere is America. Here in Canada, that's been the acronym for quite a while now. "2S" (two-spirit) refers to Indigenous queer identities.

[–] Zephy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I mean, I'd say two-spirit is a queer identity rooted in indigenous beliefs. An indigenous guy that is gay isn't two-spirit, and you can be two-spirit without being indigenous.

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