Academic who created the MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ acronym featured as “inspired research.”
Laurier’s annual research report showcases the work of a professor who created the expanded MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ identity.
The lengthy MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ acronym that went viral after NDP MP Leah Gazan used it in Parliament this spring has been circulating in activist and academic circles for years, including through the work of a Wilfrid Laurier University professor recently featured in the school’s “Inspired Research” annual report.
Wilfrid Laurier University professor, Percy Lezard, who identifies as “Mnimcelx - They, Them,” developed the expanded acronym through the federally supported 2SLGBTQQIA+ Sub-Working Group.
The acronym went viral this spring after Gazan accused the federal government of ignoring what she called an “ongoing genocide of MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+” people in Canada.
