{"id":16281,"date":"2025-02-11T19:08:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T19:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/vandals-strike-halifax-area-businesses-with-anti-trans-messaging-halifax\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T19:08:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T19:08:24","slug":"vandals-strike-halifax-area-businesses-with-anti-trans-messaging-halifax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/vandals-strike-halifax-area-businesses-with-anti-trans-messaging-halifax\/","title":{"rendered":"Vandals strike Halifax-area businesses with anti-trans messaging &#8211; Halifax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" 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the political climate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s hard not to connect it to the sweeping measures that are being undertaken currently in the United States and most notably the executive orders that Donald Trump has issued just in the very short time,\u201d said\u00a0Margaret Denike, a Dalhousie University political science and gender and women\u2019s studies professor.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11013537\/trump-steel-aluminum-tariffs-canada\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" 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So far, that hasn\u2019t happened here, but I\u2019d like to think that we\u2019re going to avoid the culture war around this,\u201d Lachance said.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more on this story, watch the video above.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11013572\/anti-trans-grafitti-halifax\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two Halifax-area businesses are grappling with vandalism after discriminatory messages targeting the trans community were written on their buildings. 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