Things got heated at a meeting of the York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) in Aurora Tuesday evening as attendees discussed raising the Pride flag at schools during Pride Month in June.
video posted to social mediaDe Buono, who is a Catholic teacher in Toronto and has long-advocated for equal rights for LGBTQ students, made a five-minute deputation.
In a tweet, he said that he told those protesting the raising of the Pride flag that, “I am not afraid,” before being escorted into the board room by a school superintendent.I was surrounded in the lobby by York Catholic parents against flying the Pride flag, & I told them:
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