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No Pride without Trans Pride!
The sun came out for over 400 people marching from the metal dragon on Dundee High Street to the Bonar Hall. According to Maggie Chapman MSP, it was ‘extremely colourful’, and pretty loud. Chants of ‘Trans rights are human rights’ and ‘Protect trans kids’, among others, set the tone, and there were many creative placards,…
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Fringe politics
They say they are being silenced, but appear in all the media. They say their views are mainstream, in defiance of the facts. They say they are measured, but roll their eyes when a colleague speaks. They say they fight misogyny, but are silent when their allies work with misogynists. They see a little smoke…
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Drag Queen Story Hour
When an Aida H Dee poster was defaced with ‘Teach ABCs not LGBTs’ they responded that they taught both. ‘Acceptance, Bravery, Compassion, Love, Generosity, Benevolence, Tolerance’. This set of values was too much for the far right, who promised a blockade of the show by up to 300 anti-drag protestors. Attempts by the far right…