Mitchell Goodine has an urgent message during this federal election campaign: Get out and vote.
One New Brunswicker with a young family says she worries about her human rights everyday
Oliver Pearson · CBC News
· Posted: Apr 14, 2025 4:44 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago
Mitchell Goodine has been a drag performer for five years and is an ambassador for Drag the Vote. They are hoping that people in the 2SLGBTQ+ community vote, no matter the party. (Victoria Walton/CBC)
Mitchell Goodine has an urgent message during this federal election campaign: Get out and vote.
Goodine is a Fredericton-based ambassador for Drag the Vote, a national campaign to engage 2SLGBTQ+ people and their allies to exercise their right to vote.
“We felt the tides turning and the energy shifting and wanted to get the queer community and in general, the youth and anybody in the community out to vote,” said Goodine, also known as the drag performer Amour Love.
“It’s not switching voters from blue to red, it’s just simply switching from non-voter to voter.”
Goodine, who hosted a Drag the Vote event in Oromocto on the weekend, said they are concerned about children’s rights and any policy that could restrict them from being themselves.
“What we’re frustrated about is not simply just having a queer voice or having queer rights.
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