New/Mode emphasizes clear values for our team, our work, and our community. We value empathy, celebrating and engaging with diversity, uncovering others’ needs, and finding common ground and shared wins. We strive for empowerment, for people to speak in their own voice and take action. We won't work with regressive forces. New/Mode subscribers are never permitted to promote homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, classist or otherwise hateful speech in their campaigns.
But this is truly the bare minimum when it comes to equity for those of all gender identities and sexual orientations. We need to step up and lift up voices that so often are left from policy discussions and public debate. We’re facing a long road to equality, so here’s a very high-level temperature check on some of the issues impacting the LGBTQIA+ community around the world:
Bill C-6, an amendment to the Canadian Criminal Code that proposes five criminal offences related to conversion therapy, is in its third reading stage. Soon, MPs will be ready to vote.
Lockdowns in France have seen an increase in anti-LGBTQ+ violence within families, according to orgs supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. These groups have been under increased pressure to find emergency lodgings for youth who’ve had to leave home because of their sexual orientation.
Ireland has legally recognized same-sex parenthood for mothers, but has yet to do so for fathers and mothers who go to fertility clinics outside of Ireland.