we coupled up to enjoy them and forgot the rest of the world and parts of our own nations had lesser rights or none at all.
when you do not have a bigotted belief system eh
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/28/religiously-unaffiliated-people-more-likely-than-those-with-a-religion-to-lean-left-accept-homosexuality/
the content is hate speech, and is the bigger issue over the volume
Vancouver to update noise bylaw in response to anti-gay preachers in West End | CBC NewsVancouver city councillors will discuss an upgraded version of its municipal noise bylaws in response to a man preaching anti-gay messages with a microphone and amplifier in the West End last summer. www.cbc.cahttps://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/southern-baptists-divided-politics-race-lgbtq-policy-76015987
https://www.bclocalnews.com/news/fernie-pride-to-look-at-inclusivity-across-elk-valley/
https://globalnews.ca/news/7409904/canada-can-conversion-therapy-lgbtq2-rights-globally/
for good reasons. religion is oppression and religion is mental illness.
the universe is not fixated on human genitals.
LGB Americans less religious than straight adults by some measures | Pew Research CenterGay, lesbian and bisexual adults are less likely than straight adults to affiliate with a religious group or to attend religious services weekly.www.pewresearch.orgfunny how not a one of them says that the younger generation valids not hates others
and religion is all about hating those outside of it to being genocidal and oppressive
religion does not determine your social class or education or who you can have sex with, especially yourself.
this is why heterosexual men have enough rights and should not be deciding what rights others have
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The DeepMind paper published earlier this month strikes a similar tone. “Given the historical oppression and contemporary challenges faced by queer communities, there is a substantial risk that artificial intelligence (AI) systems will be designed and deployed unfairly for queer individuals,” the paper reads.
The paper considers a number of ways AI can be used to target queer people or impact them negatively in areas like free speech, privacy, and online abuse. Another recent study found shortcomings for people who identify as nonbinary when it comes to AI for fitness tech like the Withings smart scale.
On social media platforms, automated content moderation systems can be used to censor content classified as queer, while automated online abuse detection systems are often not trained to protect transgender people from intentional instances of misgendering or “deadnaming.”
https://venturebeat.com/2021/02/18/deepmind-researchers-say-ai-poses-a-threat-to-people-who-identify-as-queer/
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Nineties Dyke 