Gay youth rally in Greater Vancouver today
Gay youth from Vancouver will be joining young people in Abbotsford for a rally this morning.
The gathering is being called a Social Justice Rally.
Jennifer Breakspear, with a gay drop-in centre in Vancouver, says the youths want to express their disappointment that the Social Justice 12 course is not being offered within the Abbotsford school district.
“They want to draw attention to the fact that they feel their education system is lacking in diversity. That they… well here was an opportunity to take a course that spoke to issues that really mattered, felt very personal to some of them, and it’s being denied to them.”
Social Justice 12 touches on lesbian and gay civil rights, something deemed too controversial for the Abbotsford school district.
The rally kicks off at 11am at the Abbotsford Community Services.
From http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20081206_080317_1760
