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Diversity week chosen over pride week by Red Deer school board


 
EDMONTON
A decision by the Red Deer Public School Board to celebrate Diversity Week instead of Pride Week is being met with fierce criticism by LGBTQ advocates.
Trustee Dianne Macaulay presented the idea to hold a division-wide pride week during Wednesday s board meeting but only two of six trustees supported it.
Frankly I was surprised. We are a board that is very proud of GSAs and our LGBTQ community and I really thought it would have passed, Macaulay told CTV News Edmonton Friday.
She said she had been wanting to bring forward the idea for some time.
She said several people approached her in the summer of 2019 – while she was volunteering at an event called Central Alberta Pride – and asked whether the school division would consider holding something during the school year. ....

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