Pink Shirt Day is a day when people wear pink to symbolize a stand against bullying. The original event was organized by Nova Scotian teens David Shepherd and Travis Price in 2007 when they bought and distributed 50 pink shirts after...
A six-month position has opened up on the Committee for Action on Social Justice (CASJ) on the LGBTQ2S+ Action Committee. The new posting is now online. https://www.bctf.ca/opportunities/BCTFCommittees.aspx Please forward to members who you think might be interested...
May 17th is International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. The World Health Organization (WHO) removed homosexuality from the list of mental disorders on May 17, 1990. In 2003, Fondation Émergence created the first national day against homophobia, which...
April 10, 2019 marks the International Day of Pink. It is a day where communities across the country, and across the world, can unite in celebrating diversity and raising awareness to stop homophobia, transphobia, transmisogyny, and all forms of bullying. The...
FEBRUARY 27 – DAY OF PINK IN BRITISH COLUMBIA “David Shepherd, Travis Price and their teenage friends organized a high-school protest to wear pink in sympathy with a Grade 9 boy who was being bullied [for wearing a pink shirt]…[They] took a stand against...
