According to a report by Berkshire Hathaway, Canada is the second safest country in the world for LGBTQ+ travellers in 2026.
  • hperrin@lemmy.caEnglish
    232·
    6 hours ago

    I love you, Canada. I want to join you one day. Please acquire California.

    • Cows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      393·
      6 hours ago

      38.33% of Californians voted for Trump last election. In our most right-wing province of Alberta, 21% of people hold positive views of Trump. Adding a blue state to Canada would bring in millions of far-right voters and move our country significantly right.

      Let’s remain friends. :)

      • hperrin@lemmy.caEnglish
        112·
        6 hours ago

        I doubt those fuckers would stay in California if we left to join you.

        • FireRetardant@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          3 hours ago

          Given our own right wingers would rather seperate an entire province than just join the states themselves, i doubt your rigbt wingers would just walk away from california in this hypothetical scenario

        • trashcan@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          6·
          5 hours ago

          Not a risk I’m willing to take :/

          Edit: and who knows? Our level of free healthcare may radicalize them :)

    • Mora@pawb.socialEnglish
      251·
      7 hours ago

      Interesting to compare that to the ILGA Rainbowmap which just contains Europe.

      The european countries from the list above rank as follows:

      • Netherlands 13th
      • France 15th
      • Austria 16th
      • UK 22nd (below EU average)
      • Ireland 14th
      • Iceland 3rd
      • Switzerland 18th

      Now obviously they use different scoring (‘travel’ vs ‘living there’) but I think it is interesting that they differ that much. Also the groups differ and the one from the article seems pretty broad. I would hope everywhere with substantial progress in LGBTQIA+ rights would also have proper womens rights and protections as well, since it is the same side of the (manysided) equality-coin. Imo racism is still pretty bad and widespread across europe, so not sure how much that factors into the list (though if it would be a strong factor I would be surprised to see Austria and Switzerland on this list).

  • trashcan@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    91·
    5 hours ago

    Our country isn’t easy to get in to but you are definitely welcome! There’s no place free of bigots but at least in the cities there are enough of us to protect you.

    Edit: not easy as an immigrant I mean. Getting permanent residence (PR), etc. Tourists from most countries should have little trouble travelling (as long as you don’t have a layover in the USA).

    And depending on the area many small towns are probably fine also.

      • trashcan@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        5 hours ago

        I realise this isn’t targeted at me.

        but for anyone reading

        There is desperate need accross the nation for professionals at all levels of care. The exception to my above comment is if you’re in an in-demand field. It will be much easier. The scope of that may have narrowed but nurses, care workers, etc. are in high demand everywhere here and will fast-track you for sure.

        Edit: and our birthrate is dangerously low. We need immigrants to continue to exist as a nation.

    • sahin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      62·
      7 hours ago

      I dont trust the data any more. You should check how they managed to create the list, which sources they used etc. Most of the data are made by the West, so West countries top the list all the time. Thailand should definitely be in top 10!