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Canada: CAFE excluded from Toronto Pride parade
Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2014-06-28 20:22
Article here. Excerpt:
'A controversial men’s rights group has seen its permit to march in the Pride parade revoked just days before the event after a behind-the-scenes campaign to get them removed.
The Canadian Association for Equality (CAFE), which bills itself as a “men’s issues” organization, learned earlier this week that they would not be allowed to march in Sunday’s parade because some people felt their work went against the values of the 10-day LGBTQ celebration. CAFE marched in the parade last year.
Pride executive director Kevin Beaulieu was vague on Friday about the reasons for CAFE’s exclusion.
“There has been some concern expressed about the activities and purpose of CAFE and whether they actually match the intent they express,” he said. Asked to be more specific, Beaulieu replied, “I’m really not going to go into that.”
CAFE has faced criticism for its association with anti-feminist websites like A Voice for Men and for apparently misrepresenting itself to the Canada Revenue Agency in its successful charity-status application last year. In that case, CAFE listed women’s groups as potential members of panel discussions who denied having been approached by the organization.'
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What's funny about this...
... is that gay pride groups used to complain about not being permitted to be part of various city parades. Now, to deny such groups that opportunity is a virtual P/R death sentence.
My how the POV shifts for a group when suddenly they go from being the outcasts to be the "it" group: they start playing the outcast game themselves! I suppose it's just another lesson in human nature, as if we needed any more. Demands for justice from Group A made by Group B are followed by Group B also ignoring or rejecting such demands from Group C after Group B finally prevails. And the beat goes on!
Take heart, CAFE and fellow MRAs, and let me remind you of this one from Gandhi:
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
The people running the Pride Parade ought to be familiar with it; I have no doubt they were, if old enough, inclined to say it themselves as they pursued their own goals for greater recognition and acceptance.