Board’s decision to cancel an educational drag show sponsored by the federal government is an attack against the 2SLGBTQ+ community, says co-chair of Sudbury Pride
The Rainbow District School Board and Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School’s decision to cancel the planned stop of the Courage Across Canada Tour, an event featuring some of Canada’s most well-known drag artists, is just one more piece in an attack against the 2SLGBTQ+ community that has been happening for longer than any of us can remember.
Blending into orange is less noticeable forms of violence, such as queer and trans refugees being denied entry into Poland as they flee the war in Ukraine . These actions, when laid out side by side, form a continuum ― cancelling an educational event with drag artists looks nothing like a mass shooting, but they are connected by transphobia.
There was no way my school was even thinking of hosting drag shows celebrating different expressions of gender. I did not feel welcome in the educational system. Despite having good grades, I dropped out in Grade 11, and experienced homelessness and serious mental health issues before returning to school as an adult, getting my high school diploma, and eventually a PhD.
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