I don’t know what’s going on in London but it’s sounding more like Alabama every day. You remember NHL player Wayne Simmonds being thrown a banana peel during a pre-season game last week. KKK stuff there.
Now I read that three transgender employees at the Trails End Farmer’s Market in London were forced from working in the market by the market manager.
The US blog Jezebel reports:
According to the Human Rights Petition against the Trails End Farmer’s Market, “On September 10th, 2011 three transgender individuals were running a booth at the Trails End Farmers Market in London, Ontario, Canada. These individuals were working for another non-LGBT business owner selling incense and candles. Business was running smoothly throughout the busy day. Later that evening the owner of the booth received a call from the manager at the farmers market telling her that she needed to remove the transgender individuals from her booth or she could take her booth elsewhere.”
Before we go any further, it’s worth noting that this is a FARMER’S MARKET. IN CANADA. Not only should everyone be welcome at a farmer’s market, but I imagine it’s not often that a booth that just wants to sell some fricking candles gets kicked out the farmer’s market for any reason. Ever. Because it’s a FARMER’S MARKET.
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That sounds fair. Why would the manager have to provide actual proof of these claims? It’s 2011 and it’s totally cool to speak for everyone’s comfort level when it comes to LGBT discrimination!
“Uh, they were making everyone uncomfortable or something. You could just tell. A family came over to buy some candles and they saw one of your employees and didn’t buy the candle so I’m guessing it was because of the transgendered thing. Or it wasn’t. Look, I don’t have time to explain why I’m against transgendered people, I just am. Isn’t that enough of a justification for my threats to shut down your business?”
These kinds of incidents are beginning to show me how Rob Ford became elected and how neanderthal Tim Hudak has a chance at being Premier. Ontario is not the place I once knew. Looks like I left for BC just in time.
H/T: @trapdinawrpool
