How does he know why people serve our country?

Ret’d Cpl Abby Dunford | Nov 17, 2021

As a retired military person. I find it sick for someone to use the service of people in the military to support their deep-rooted homophobia/transphobia or dislike for something they do not understand.  It is one thing to point something that they dislike but it is another thing to call it an insult, when they do not know why the items is there in the first place, or how the flag come to be that way. To call for Canadians to stand up for something like this, calls into question how supportive this person really is and how this person looks at things that are not within their perceived norms.

As a retired member of the military, I came across a lot of instances where people put me down or called for action against me as a transwoman. Not one of those calls where supportive or useful in the person understand or letting me live my life without interference. In most cases those people’s call to stand up where harmful, and caused fear. I feel that this person should have maybe looked into why the flag was this way before making a call to action. It is my understanding that a person in a newspaper should have maybe done some research into the topic before they put an opinion on something out there. And making a statement like “insult to those who have served this country.”

How does he know why people serve our country? The reason I had may not have been the reason someone else have. It is clear that this author needs to have some type of training. And maybe needs to have their articles reviewed before they are put out in the public. He and the newspaper should be made to educate themselves and put at public apology for publishing this as I find it speaks about 2 things in one simple article the military and the LGBTQ2 community.

Both are outside of the persons understanding or knowledge to speak about .

Ret’d Cpl Abby Dunford