TCDSB reinstates LGBT Youthline link on website after backlash
by Faiza Amin and Dilshad Burman
Posted Jan 13, 2021 10:27 pm EDT
Last Updated Jan 14, 2021 at 7:33 am EDT
The Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) has reinstated a link to the LGBT Youthline on their website after facing backlash for its removal on Tuesday.
The link was removed because of what the board said was “inappropriate material” found on the site.
According to the LGBT Youthline, the TCDSB sent them an email stating that they found objectionable material on the site, linking an article written by former Liberal MP Joe Volpe, who referred to it as a “pornographic website.”
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Canadian youth support organization LGBT YouthLine was removed from the Toronto Catholic District School Board s list of student resources after an article from a noted anti-LGBTQ columnist called its material pornographic.
Similar to the Trevor Project, LGBT YouthLine offers online resources and confidential peer support through telephone, text, and chat services for two-spirit and LGBTQ+ youth in Ontario but in the article by former Canadian politician Joe Volpe in his Italian-language newspaper