Tag: Ontario
Cloudflare Urged to Stop Protecting LGBTQ Harassment
Cloudflare Inc., an internet services company, is facing mounting protests online calling for it to cease support for Kiwi Farms, a discussion forum for harassment and hate campaigns that has forced a well-known transgender Twitch streamer into hiding.
Canada : Western University LGBTQ poster sparks Muslim community backlash
A Western University social media post supporting the fight against homophobia included an illustration of two women in hijabs about to kiss – sparking a backlash from London’s Muslim community that forced school officials to delete it.
Gender identity to guide housing of Ontario’s transgender inmates
Transgender inmates in Ontario will now be dealt with based on their own gender identity, not their physical sexual traits, a policy Ontario’s corrections minister is calling the most progressive of its kind in North America.
Canadian woman says son’s organs weren’t donated because he was gay
Canadian couple said they are circulating a petition to change a federal law classifying gay people as high-risk for organ donation.
Halton Catholic board to revisit ban on gay-straight student clubs
The Halton Catholic District School Board will take a second look at its controversial policy banning gay-straight student clubs at its schools.
Catholic teachers’ union supports gay lobby group
The head of Ontario’s Catholic teachers’ union is defending a donation and partnership with a gay-rights lobby group that is often at odds with the Catholic Church and Catholic school boards.