Tag: pride
A defaced rainbow crosswalk, a painful question: Will it continue?
When Wortley Pride founder Kathy Bell woke up last week to emails and messages that the community’s rainbow crosswalk had been vandalized, she was angry.
‘Outrage’: Vandals target rainbow crosswalk in London’s Wortley Village
A rainbow crosswalk in London’s Wortley Village neighbourhood has been defaced by vandals, a local volunteer group said Tuesday morning – the latest in a months-long string of attacks on LGBTQ symbols across Southwestern Ontario.
With an eye to Norwich, Woodstock reviews flag rules and embraces Pride
WOODSTOCK – Politicians here have overhauled the municipal government policy on raising flags. But it’s not what you think.
Latest theft of Pride flag in Norwich captured on video: OPP
Oxford County provincial police are investigating the theft of a Pride flag in Norwich Township.
‘We celebrate love in all its forms:’ Jewish London honours Pride
Before Sheri Krell gathered the courage to come out, she was once a camper on the location of what is now Canada’s first and only LGBTQ Jewish overnight camp.
For Pride London, security ‘paramount’ as weekend of marquee events looms
While Pride London festival is a time for celebration, organizers say this year’s event is a reminder of the ongoing battle for LGBTQ rights.
Political leaders condemn anti-Pride letters sent to city residents
Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy and Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff issued statements Friday condemning recent written attacks in letters mailed to city residents displaying Pride flags at their homes, which police are now investigating. Boddy said in the statement he and city council condemn actions which “maliciously attack the 2S-LGBTQQIAP+ community or any citizen […]
Sims: Pride crosswalk opens amid backward step on path to acceptance
It’s fitting that London’s first “all-inclusive” rainbow crosswalk is at a Wortley Road intersection where protestors tried to spoil recent Pride celebrations.
Embattled Pride protester has sex-related rap sheet
A London man involved in recent anti-drag queen protests in Southwestern Ontario has past convictions for obtaining sexual services on two occasions and distributing an intimate image without consent, court records show.
Another charge against Pride protester, this time over drag queen event
A Southwestern Ontario man already facing a charge after a photo was taken in the palliative care room of an online critic’s ailing father now faces a new charge stemming from a protest at a drag queen story event in Parkhill two months ago. Bubba Pollock, 34, of West Lorne is charged with criminal harassment […]