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Catholic School District Removes LGBTQ+ Resources There is a long history accusing 2SLGBTQ+ people of pedophilia and of corrupting children and youth, says YouthLine Executive Director Berkha Gupta. January 12 2021 11:17 PM EST
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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
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Crucial LGBT+ youth resources have been scrapped from nearly 200 Canadian schools following an article that labelled them “smut” and “porno paraphernalia.”
As of 8 January the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) has removed the Canadian youth support organisation LGBT YouthLine from its list of resources for 198 schools in the greater Toronto area.
YouthLine offers free, confidential and informed peer support through telephone, text, and chat services for LGBT+ youth aged 29 and under. It’s one of the only forms of LGBT+ support available in Ontario – but according to former Canadian politician Joe Volpe, it amounts to nothing more than a “smut site”.