After parents complain, secondary school cancels anti-homophobia events

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After parents complain, secondary school cancels anti-homophobia events
HOMOPHOBIA / "We had every approval we needed": GSA student
Natasha Barsotti / Vancouver / Monday, May 17, 2010

http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/After_parents_complain_secondary_school_cancels_antihomophobia_events-8663.aspx

A five-day schedule of activities to raise awareness about homophobia in schools has run into parental opposition at a Cariboo-Chicotlin secondary school.

The activities, planned a month ago and spearheaded by the gay-straight alliance (GSA) at Columneetza Secondary School, were expected to start on Monday, May 17 with a couple half-hour long informative assemblies, including a video that showcased students' experiences with homophobia and its impact.

The assemblies were cancelled, Jolene Veitch, a member of Columneetza's GSA told Xtra on May 17.

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Wonder when they are planning an anti-racism event? Will the parents complain then?

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Anti-homophobic students cross-dress to show support

By Cheryl Chan, The Province May 19, 2010

http://www.theprovince.com/life/Anti+homophobic+students+cross+dress+show+support/3045950/story.html

Students at a Williams Lake High School are going to be dressing up as the opposite sex Friday in defiance of a school district decision to cancel anti-homophobic events planned at Columneetza Secondary.

Three events, including a "gender bender day" on Friday, were rescheduled or cancelled after some parents complained the weeklong slate of events conflicted with class time.

But organizer Lexi Saffel, a Grade 12 student and president of the Williams Lake Gay Straight Alliance, wasn't buying it.