All Anglicans are familiar with the letters LGBTQ2S+ even if we are hazy as to what they mean.
Clergy, anxious to include every variety of kink known to humanity, add to the letters with monotonous frequency.
In spite of that, the Anglican Church of Canada has, as is so often the case, fallen short on its efforts to be fully inclusive.
Today is Pansexual Pride Day and the ACoC is not celebrating it! Where is the P in LGBTQ2S+? Pansexuals must feel so excluded. I know what it’s like: I was once physically ejected from a Diocese of Niagara service just for pulling out my camera to photograph the miserably small attendance. I was so upset I had to go and find a safe space to curl up in. I cried for days.
And I bet nobody brought a therapy puppy for you either. Shameful.
I know the feeling.
Thank you. The feelings are still raw, of course. Here are a few photos of the charming lady pre-ejection and just as she was preparing to pounce:
Now I have to wipe the tears off my keyboard.
The “P” is in the +. That’s why the + is there.
Does the + include those who are blessed with an orientation that prompts them to do this? Asking for a friend.
