TORONTO Change is coming to the Toronto Catholic District School Board: the Pride flag will fly at all schools this June. Student Trustee Keith Baybayon says, having it fly, I felt more free. To say that I m more free to be myself. More free to express myself and who I am as a person. The grade 11 student at Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School identifies as a member of the LGBTQ2S+ community. He says this moment is a symbol of progress. It means that it s a solidarity between the board and the students and staff, he says. The vote came after the LGBTQ2S+ advisory committee made three recommendations; that the TCDSB recognize Pride Month in June, that the Pride flag fly at all schools as well as at the board office.
The Toronto Catholic District School Board says it will celebrate Pride Month every June, starting this year.
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Posted: May 07, 2021 10:41 AM ET | Last Updated: May 7
Toronto Catholic school board voted to recognize Pride Month for the first time.(John Robertson/CBC) comments
The Toronto Catholic District School Board says it will celebrate Pride Month every June, starting this year, marking a victory for the LGBTQ community.
The board s trustees voted in favour of flying rainbow flags outside its office and all of its schools on Thursday night, after hearing from former Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne.
A member of the LGBTQ and Christian communities, Wynne urged trustees to join Thunder Bay and Waterloo s Catholic boards in sending a clear signal of inclusiveness by formally proclaiming Pride month.
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Toronto Catholic school board votes to recognize Pride Month
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated May 7, 2021 at 5:58 pm EDT
TORONTO – The Toronto Catholic District School Board says it will celebrate Pride Month every June, starting this year.
The board’s trustees voted in favour of proclaiming Pride Month on Thursday night.
Pride Month honours the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City, a rallying point for the LGBTQ+ community.
A Pride flag will be flown at the board’s office and all of its schools for the month of June.
The TCDSB joins Thunder Bay Catholic School Board, which has been flying the Pride flag in June since 2019.