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Canadians are ‘leading’ in LGBTQ2 support amid global declines: Ipsos - National (globalnews.ca)
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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

That's awesome. Now, when are you gonna remove the law barring US LGBT refugees?

Are we really that far gone yet? No, but we're headed there.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    That would require accepting anyone as a refugee from the US, and that is extremely unlikely to happen, ever.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I mean, iirc Canada already accepts some LGBT refugees from other parts of the world. So unless you're saying that everyone in the US is queer, it seems like the obvious thing to do would be to apply the same standards to US LGBT refugees as LGBT refugees from other parts of the world.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Don't know about Canada specifically but as far as i know asylum laws are about having a valid reason, so being from a specific place is less often a valid reason than being from a minority (can also be religious or ethnical) or having certain political views. They would likely sooner accept for example Amish , indigenous or democratic people only before just accepting anyone from the US. I think you're wrong in believing that is unlikely to happen if you see how anyone with a Hispanic demeanor is being treated right now.

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