Are our Schools Safe?

It is extremely unlikely that there is any class in any high school anywhere in Canada, public or private, religious or secular, that does not have students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, two-spirited, queer, or questioning (LGBTQ). Being harassed, insulted, and told that their identities belong in the guidance office, not in the classroom, will not succeed in making LGBTQ students heterosexual and gender-conforming; it will only make them unhappy.

Canada's national LGBT human rights organization, Egale, is releasing the results of: Every Class in Every School: Final Report on the First National Climate Survey on Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia in Canadian Schools (Catherine Taylor, Ph.D., Tracey Peter, Ph.D., et al.), which documents findings about homophobic and transphobic comments, verbal, physical, and sexual harassment, unsafe spaces, safer schools policies, and Gay-Straight Alliances in Canadian schools today. The report identifies five particularly marginalized groups and presents eleven concrete recommendations to help improve Canadian school climates.

WHO:	Egale Annual General Meeting
WHAT:	Release of the findings of Every Class in Every School: Final Report on the First National Climate Survey on Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia in Canadian Schools (Catherine Taylor, Ph.D., Tracey Peter, Ph.D., et al.)
WHEN:	Date: Thursday, May 12, 2011 Time: 6:00pm
WHERE:	University of Winnipeg, Room 2M72 515 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba

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For more information:
Helen Kennedy, 416-270-1999

Egale Canada is Canada's LGBT human rights organization: advancing equality, diversity, education, and justice.

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Canada's LGBT human rights organization: advancing equality, diversity, education, and justice.