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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Reannlegge@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

I originally thought it was an excessive amount of letters to describe those of us under the rainbow but no, it makes more sense in the context of the article I do not really agree with combining the two but to each their own I guess.

MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ stands for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual+. It's derived in part from the more commonly used initialisms MMIWG (missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls) and 2SLGBTQ+.

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[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 weeks ago

Holy fuck, no offense but there's no way I'm going to remember that long of an acronym. It's just going to keep extending, isn't it? Why not just pick or make up a word for it and just include all the groups under there?

[-] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

No one else uses that many letters. She bleneded 2 initialisms together, and added some extra letters.

MMIWG2S, most people just use MMIWG
LGBTQQIA+, which most people just use LGBT+ or "The queer community".

But it is distracting from the real issue, the federal government cutting funding towards programs designed to prevent violence.

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