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When asked to spread a message to the school and community on the importance of creating a safe place for LGBTQ students, Kai Flicker said it was an opportunity to speak freely for the first time.
A Grade 11 student at Brockville Collegiate Institute (BCI), Flicker shared a message posted on the public board’s website and YouTube channel. Wide-ranging in the video, Flicker said it was a way to speak in their voice.
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“I saw it as taking my own voice back and saying the things that I have kind of wanted to say for years without repercussions,” said Flicker in a phone interview this week.