With support for independence from the rest of Canada reaching a record high, what could Alberta sovereignty look like for LGBTQIA+ people living in the country’s most conservative province?
Words by Emma Paidra, Uncloseted Media
Design by Yosef Phelan
On a Friday afternoon in February, Teresa McCleary and Rose Milner sat near the entrance to Calgary’s Boddums Up Pub, collecting signatures for a petition pushing for Alberta – which is widely recognised as Canada’s most conservative province – to separate from the rest of the country.
“I want the old Alberta back. I want our free Alberta back. … We are a cash cow for the East. They don’t care about us,” says McCleary, who sported a baseball cap with the words “I am Albertan!”
As for Milner, she feels Canada is becoming “communist.”
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