New homebrewed holiday that I just founded... And it's more of a wholesome one.
Here is a holiday created to show some compassion love and sympathy to backpacks.. backpack compassion day is a homebrewed holiday that I just founded that takes place on October 13th celebrated in Canadian schools and online on social media platforms such as Facebook Instagram and Tumblr. it's supposed to represent the importance and beauty of backpacks because I used them throughout my life and childhood when I would go to school. I love backpacks and I always will.
I live in Alberta, Canada, which you may have heard is the latest province to introduce their version of "parental rights" legislation.
Here are some of the things our premier, Danielle Smith, promised to do on Wednesday;
mandate teachers report to parents (and ask permission if the child is younger than 16) if a child wants to use a different name/different pronouns in class
mandate permission forms anytime a teacher wants to mention gender or sexual orientation
ban children under the age of 16 from accessing hormones or puberty blockers
ban top & bottom surgery for anyone under the age of 18 (bottom, surgery is already illegal for anyone under 18 in Canada)
ban transgender women from competing in womens sports
These laws have been called "draconian" and were not drafted with consideration from medical, pediatric, or LGBT organizations. Danielle Smith is pandering to the social conservative wing of her party and putting queer kids in danger because of it.
"Parental Rights" are a sham that ignores the lived reality of queer kids.
I've spent the past few days feeling angry and heartbroken, and I wanted to spread awareness and share with my American followers because I haven't seen many news outlets outside of Canada covering this.
Happy Canada Day weekend... Apparently it's disappointing to say that I had a shitty one this year. So here's some stuffing art to celebrate with... Maybe another year will be better
being in university is pulling your hair out because you realize you have four exams one after the other apart by a day before the semester ends in april
and then speed watching good omens so you can write your religion paper on it
and also having to settle for your philosophy paper idea being about alhaitham and kaveh’s philosophy and how they coexist bc you have no other ideas like fuck time pressure gonna make me be cringe (but free)