It's not as confusing as the ads I've been getting in which a corporation (possibly a bank?) brags about helping lgbt homeless.
I'd think they'd be better not..... discriminating there according to sexuality
Quite obviously a 'what's the social trend we can exploit to get the most social points?' scheme.
Given that LGBT people are disproportionately likely to be homeless, have a harder time in general securing housing and work even when not already homeless, are likely to not have access to familial help even when that exists and are discriminated against when attempting to access shelter and services,
This is not merely virtue signaling or “discrimination.” It’s an attempt to assist people who are falling through the cracks of existing safety nets.
There was a notice I linked a while back that if Ukraine falls, a plan for a Chechnya-style purge of all remaining lgbt people in the country is likely. On the home front in the US many right-wing commentators have been viewing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a righteous war to defeat glbt influence. Putin has also started to frame things this way (see his complaints about being canceled like JK Rowling).
The signal from the US is that they are focusing on the people who Putin has suggested he is going to murder in order to make an example to others. Today that includes queers.
Trying to save people from concentration camps is not a bad thing.
Tough cookies y’all, today the ones most likely to be tortured and murdered and raped symbolically get prioritized for rescue, and Biden energizes his base at home, which has been watching some of our government trying to legislate us out of existence. After Mike “hang the gays” Pence left office, this kind of symbolic action by our government will help morale. I welcome my new Ukrainian friends!
PS: We all know it would be right to rescue Jews from the Germans back when, but of course when queers were liberated from the camps, they were not free. They went to prison in their new homes.
If you understand why Jews should have been prioritized in leaving Germany, you should understand something about this situation. The machinery in Russia is not as advanced as it was in Germany, but we are actually talking about a situation with concentration camps and mass murder. For particular citizens. The ones being rescued.
Hell, the situation in Northwest Europe is surely fine for journalists and activists, yes? They don’t need to go to the US particularly?