Last spring, as the contentious Bill 44 entered final reading in the Alberta Legislature, Culture Minister Lindsey Blackett was quoted saying, "This will come to pass — you guys will forget about this in another month." More than three months have passed and members of the Queer Allied Network (QAN) have organized a protest on Sep 1st, 2009.

Xtra.ca reports:
Queer Albertans have been among the strongest opponents of Section 9, even though, at first glance, Bill 44 was supposed to benefit them. In a separate section within Bill 44, the Alberta government was finally fully enshrining sexual orientation into Alberta's Human Rights Act.

Posing the question "What will student's learn?" the QAN-organized protest is aimed at fuelling the anger and outrage about Bill 44. Hoping for a big turn out of parents, students and teachers, co-organizer Tam Gorzalka thinks the timing of this protest is important. "As people are getting ready for back-to-school they are being reminded that Bill 44 affects them," she says. Read more at Xtra.ca


Back to School Protest Against Bill 44.

Tue, Sep 1st, 2009.

4:30pm-6pm.

Alberta Legislature.
Facebook.com/event.php?eid=124603468954.

To Join the Queer Allied Network visit: Facebook.com/group.php?gid=122042953385.