LGBTQ advocates call for government funding, support following rise in ’hate’

LGBTQ advocate Fae Johnstone says the “hate-based incidents” in Ottawa reflect the rise in hate “happening all across this country.”

Johnstone says she was targeted with death threats and online hate after being featured in Hershey Canada’s International Women’s Day campaign as a trans woman and appearing on the Tucker Carlson show. “It is all too easy to imagine it can’t happen here, but in 10 years of advocacy, I’ve never been as worried about where we’ll be in five years as I am today,” Johnstone said.

Johnstone says local LGBTQ support organizations “struggling on shoestring budgets with volunteers working nine-to-five jobs that have never been nine-to-five jobs” need additional resourcing to meet existing demand “resulting in increased hate.”Article content“As a city, we know we have more work to do. We know that our queer neighbours are struggling and that the weight is very heavy,” said Ottawa city Coun. Laine Johnson in the news conference.

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