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Danielle Smith is bucking right-wing trends on LGBTQ issues

  • CBC
  • 2023-07-21
  • Anti-LGBTQ+
  • https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/analysis-danielle-smith-alberta-trans-lgbtq-rightwing-1.6913153

Jann Arden speaks out against Alberta Premier after ‘straight pride’ photo controversy

  • Toronto Star
  • 2023-07-13
  • Anti-LGBTQ+
  • https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/jann-arden-speaks-out-against-alberta-premier-after-straight-pride-photo-controversy/article_bfd85d89-a272-5ed3-8150-cd59404328d3.html

Pierre Poilievre plays politics with bigotry at the Calgary Stampede

  • Toronto Star
  • 2023-07-15
  • Anti-LGBTQ+, Federal Politics
  • https://www.thestar.com/opinion/pierre-poilievre-plays-politics-with-bigotry-at-the-calgary-stampede/article_d3933bda-4d5a-513b-860e-df6da1e73710.html

Poilievre’s office, Calgary MP silent over latest photo with controversial message

  • RDNews Now
  • 2023-07-16
  • Anti-LGBTQ+, Federal Politics
  • https://rdnewsnow.com/2023/07/16/poilievres-office-calgary-mp-silent-over-latest-photo-with-controversial-message/

Poilievre’s office, Calgary MP silent over latest photo with controversial message

  • CTV News
  • 2023-07-16
  • Anti-LGBTQ+, Federal Politics
  • https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/poilievre-s-office-calgary-mp-silent-over-latest-photo-with-controversial-message-1.6481924

Conservatives mum about photo featuring MP and others sporting controversial message

  • National Observer
  • 2023-07-17
  • Anti-LGBTQ+, Federal Politics
  • https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/07/16/news/conservatives-photo-mp-controversial-message

Pierre Poilievre tight-lipped on colleague’s controversial photo-op

  • CityNews
  • 2023-07-17
  • Anti-LGBTQ+, Federal Politics
  • https://calgary.citynews.ca/2023/07/17/pierre-poilievre-jasraj-singh-hallan-photo/

‘I don’t agree with that shirt’ is not an apology

  • Hill Times
  • 2023-07-17
  • Anti-LGBTQ+, Federal Politics
  • https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2023/07/17/i-dont-agree-with-that-shirt-isnt-good-enough/392768/

Adam Zivo: Yes, ‘straight pride’ is offensive

  • National Post
  • 2023-07-17
  • Anti-LGBTQ+, Federal Politics
  • https://nationalpost.com/opinion/adam-zivo-yes-straight-pride-is-offensive

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith poses with ‘straight pride’ constituent, receives blowback online

  • CityNews
  • 2023-07-10
  • Anti-LGBTQ+
  • https://calgary.citynews.ca/2023/07/10/alberta-premier-danielle-smith-straight-pride/

Stampede pic a staffing ‘error,’ say Tory pundits, but repeated incidents fuel skepticism of Poilievre’s commitment to LGBTQ+ rights

  • Hill Times
  • 2023-07-19
  • Anti-LGBTQ+, Far Right, Federal Politics
  • https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2023/07/19/stampede-pic-a-staffing-error-say-tory-pundits-but-repeated-incidents-fuell-skepticism-of-poilievres-commitment-to-lgbtq-rights/392909/

Pierre Poilievre ‘does not agree’ with ‘straight pride’ message in photo at Stampede

  • CP24
  • 2023-07-10
  • Anti-LGBTQ+, Federal Politics
  • https://www.cp24.com/news/pierre-poilievre-does-not-agree-with-straight-pride-message-in-photo-at-stampede-1.6474264

Jamie Sarkonak: Poilievre, Smith don’t owe apologies for ‘straight pride’ photos

  • National Post
  • 2023-07-19
  • Anti-LGBTQ+, Federal Politics
  • https://nationalpost.com/opinion/poilievre-smith-dont-owe-apologies-over-straight-pride-photos

Pierre Poilievre ‘does not agree’ with ‘straight pride’ message in photo at Stampede

  • ChatNews Today
  • 2023-07-10
  • Anti-LGBTQ+, Federal Politics
  • https://chatnewstoday.ca/2023/07/10/pierre-poilievre-does-not-agree-with-straight-pride-message-in-photo-at-stampede/

Poilievre and Smith say they don’t agree with ‘straight pride’ message in photos at Stampede

  • Lethbridge News Now
  • 2023-07-10
  • Anti-LGBTQ+, Federal Politics
  • https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2023/07/10/pierre-poilievre-does-not-agree-with-straight-pride-message-in-photo-at-stampede/

Pierre Poilievre ‘does not agree’ with ‘straight pride’ message in photo at Stampede

  • Toronto Star
  • 2023-07-10
  • Anti-LGBTQ+, Federal Politics
  • https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/pierre-poilievre-does-not-agree-with-straight-pride-message-in-photo-at-stampede/article_35eddff7-8dcf-5d67-a71d-056b3d09c7e6.html

Poilievre, Smith say they don’t agree with ‘straight pride’ message in photos at Stampede

  • The Globe and Mail
  • 2023-07-10
  • Anti-LGBTQ+, Federal Politics
  • https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-poilievre-smith-say-they-dont-agree-with-straight-pride-message-in/

Pierre Poilievre responds to backlash over photo with man wearing “Straight Pride” shirt

  • Daily Hive
  • 2023-07-11
  • Anti-LGBTQ+, Federal Politics
  • https://dailyhive.com/canada/pierre-poilievre-straight-pride-photo

Poilievre rejects ‘straight pride’ message in controversial Calgary Stampede photo

  • CBC
  • 2023-07-12
  • Anti-LGBTQ+, Federal Politics
  • https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pierre-poilievre-straight-pride-t-shirt-1.6904758

It’s cold in them thar hills: these four books about the Canadian West force us to reassess the cowboy myth (The complete cowboy reader; Cowgirls; The cowboy country cookbook; Tom)

  • The Globe and Mail
  • 1998-02-14
  • Cowboy Culture
  • (uploaded to Drive)

Is nothing sacred? Turbulent pastor crashes Calgary’s Stampede Parade!

  • Rabble
  • 2012-07-08
  • Anti-Immigrant Violence, Christian Nationalism
  • https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-politics/nothing-sacred-turbulent-pastor-crashes-calgarys-stampede-parad/

Settler Colonial Place-making in Alberta: Sexualized Violence, Extractivism, and Cowboy Culture is a research project funded by an Insight Development Grant awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2018-2024).

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One of the ways that settler colonialism might ally itself with innocence is by impelling settlers (ourselves included) to offer land acknowledgements. The logic, of course, is that if settlers acknowledge Indigenous land and sovereignty, then we must be ‘on their team,’ and if we are on their team, then we must not be so bad: we must, in other words, be innocent. Read more