Fierté movement splits acrimoniously
A “radical march” Saturday evening organized by a group known as the Pink Bloc ran into trouble with police once a window was broken. This group is opposed to the main Fierté parade to take place Sunday. Radio‑Canada does its best to explain how the movement has split acrimoniously.
I’ve only been mildly amused to hear CBC announcers chugging through saying “2SLGBTQI Plus” every time aspects of this are reported. What happened to just saying “queer”?
steph 11:43 on 2025-08-10 Permalink
Some people are 2SLGBTI without being queer.
Kate 12:10 on 2025-08-10 Permalink
Maybe they’re “queer plus”?
Chris 12:37 on 2025-08-10 Permalink
>What happened to just saying “queer”?
Where have you been for the last decade or so?
H. John 14:13 on 2025-08-10 Permalink
@Kate Richard Burnett, in a recent article, seems comfortable slipping back and forth between the two:
https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/offices/advancement/2024/11/14/50-years-of-queering-concordia.html
Dating myself, I remember Christiane Charette on her Radio-Canada morning show asking Concordia professor Donald Boisvert, author of “Out on Holy Ground: Meditations on Gay Men’s Spirituality”, why there wasn’t an equivalent all inclusive term like “queer” in French.
Kate 17:44 on 2025-08-10 Permalink
I think the answer, if there is one, is that there wasn’t a movement to reclaim a French expression like déviant(e) and wear it with pride. French is a little harder to tinker with, as a language.