She spouted anti-trans lies to oppose a rainbow crosswalk. Now she's facing consequences. - LGBTQ Nation
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A flyer she handed out denounced the “transgender agenda” and said her small town's children would be in danger.

In a hearing convened by Canada’s Alberta Human Rights Tribunal on Monday, the lawyer for an anti-transgender advocate in the small town of Westlock (90 miles north of Edmonton), argued that a flyer distributed by her client calling on residents to protest the installation of a rainbow crosswalk with a trans flag was not hate speech, but an exercise in “free speech.”

“Could it be upsetting? Yes. Could it cause hurt feelings? Yes. But does it cause a person to feel hatred or contempt for trans individuals? We will say the answer to that question is a resounding no,” attorney Allison Pejovic said in opening remarks at the hearing.

  • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    8 days ago

    I wish they’d publish the content of the flyer

    Well, there is this from the article:

    Pederson also detailed the goals of what she called the “transgender agenda” in the flyer, including “de-population” and an effort “to confuse children about gender and sexuality.”

    “Your children will be rendered infertile and unable to reproduce, become patients for life that require never-ending medical treatment, and live a shortened lifespan,” the flyer read, describing gender-affirming care as “chemical castration and genital mutilation.”

    Seems pretty clear to me.

    • [object Object]@lemmy.ca
      6·
      8 days ago

      This seems thoroughly in the “this person is mentally unwell and needs immediate help” category.

      I hate all the anti trans propaganda people eat up.

      • honc@lemmy.ca
        4·
        7 days ago

        There’s a legal defence for that argument too, though (“not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder”), but the lawyer was trying to argue that it was not hate speech. For the judge to accept that argument would set the wrong precedent.

        I.e., both can be true, even legally.