The Town of Westlock narrowly votes to pass their bylaw to erase the single rainbow crosswalk in town. Of course it’s couched as a neutrality bylaw, crosswalks must be painted with white lines and the only flags allowed to be flown at municipal buildings are federal, provincial, and municipal.
The bylaw is not neutral, it is clearly anti lgbtq+. I just can’t even fathom how you can get this worked up about a crosswalk, which was proposed by kids in the town. Nice message to send to a marginalized community in rural Alberta. I imagine kids who are still closeted feel quite supported today. Watch for this to spread.
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