Transphobic response to Canmore Pride donation request sparks apology, swell of support
for donations to this year’s Pride event, like they had done successfully with other area businesses.“You could not pay me to sponsor anything to do with child grooming tranny’s,” an email from “Jeff von Rotz” said where the author identified himself as owner.“Please keep these sick people away from the children of this community,” the email continued. “You should be disgusted with yourselves.
The inclusive climbing event is planned for the 2022 Canmore Pride weekend in mid-September and is one of many organized with local group Crush Collective. But it’s the first time Kealy can recall the local pride organization – just two years old – has received a vitriolic response.“Canmore Pride generally has such positive and supportive feedback from the community,” they said.
“As a trans and queer person, I definitely have received some comments or transphobic experiences within the community, generally from individuals, not usually from businesses.”The Canmore business first founded in 1978 was quick to respond, following backlash on social media. “The owners and leadership of Valbella Gourmet Foods expresses its deepest apologies to the Canmore LBGTQ+ community for an intolerant email that was sent earlier today by one of our former team members,” the company wrote in an email to Global News, adding “the words of the one person do not reflect the opinions of the many people who work as part of the Valbella team.
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