How can a policy respond to the challenges that rainbow communities face today and will in the future?
Is it a good policy? Relatively. Probably. If this is what the Greens can do, then this is the best we are likely to get this election.
Will I review other parties' policies like this? Probably not. I am judging this policy by the standards the party has set for itself, and the hopes I project onto it. I have less faith in most other parties.
Should votes change for this policy? I mean, as deficient as this policy is, it shows how much work is left to do. As a queer and trans person, I would still choose to vote Green for this obnoxiously misguided if well-intentioned policy. And then I would ask how the mess can be cleaned up for next time.
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Update21 Oct, 2020
How can a policy respond to the challenges that rainbow communities face today and will in the future?
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Update17 Oct, 2020
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Update16 Oct, 2020
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