Tag: pride
VIDEO: Pride flag torn down at London high school
Video obtained by The London Free Press shows a person tearing down an LGBTQ Pride flag at Sir Frederick Banting secondary school on Tuesday. The authenticity of the video was confirmed by staff and students at the northwest London school In the video, a male, his face covered by what appears to be his hoodie, […]
An impassioned plea for tolerance this Pride month, and a scathing review of the city’s history of intolerance both past and present, opened the London city council meeting Tuesday
An impassioned plea for tolerance during Pride month, and a scathing review of the city’s history of intolerance both past and present, opened London’s city council meeting Tuesday. Deputy mayor Shawn Lewis, London’s first openly gay city councillor, spoke at the start of the meeting about Pride month that began June 1. He said it […]
The ‘haters’ make Pride events all the more necessary, organizer says
There’s been a resurgence of anti-gay expression, which Sandy Blackwood has heard first-hand. In the past month, the vice-president of Kincardine Pride has received calls from people with private numbers to tell her off in profane and offensive ways. All the more reason that local Pride parades matter, she said on June 2. Kincardine’s Pride […]
The ‘haters’ make Pride events all the more necessary, organzer says
There’s been a resurgence of anti-gay expression which Sandy Blackwood has heard first-hand. In the past month, the vice-president of Kincardine Pride has received calls from people with private numbers to tell her off in profane and offensive ways. All the more reason that having local Pride parades matter, she said Friday. Kincardine’s Pride parade […]
Topless woman protests influential local church over town’s Pride flag ban
A topless woman stood outside a local church in Norwich Township last Sunday – and will be there every Sunday in June – to protest the municipality’s ban on flying Pride and other non-government flags on civic property.
‘Religious accommodation’: School board reaches out to parents amid Pride clashes
Families who do not want their children taught parts of the regular curriculum can ask for religious accommodation, Thames Valley District school board officials said in a note emailed to parents this week.
Another area municipality says ‘no’ to flying Pride flags
EXETER – A rural municipality north of London won’t be flying the rainbow flag on municipal property once Pride month begins in June.
Letters to the Editor: May 27, 2023
Missed opportunity
Letters to the Editor: May 24, 2023
Acceptance enough
Despite ban on municipal property, Pride flags fly at Norwich school, businesses, homes
NORWICH – Their township banned flying Pride flags on municipal turf, but that hasn’t stopped families, businesses and the local school here from flying their own.