Town residents found the pride flag removed and flagpole broken over the weekend while two youths were arrested for alleged disturbances.
Jane O’Connor, board chair of Fort Macleod’s pride community who was present at the event, said she was “devastated to see the extent to which they would vandalize the Empress Theatre just for us using it for an event.”
Two youth suspects were arrested Saturday night by Fort Macleod RCMP. Police found the liquid to be fisher and marten lure oil. “The investigation is ongoing,” police said in a statement. “As the suspects are youth, no further information will be released.”Earlier that day, during a pride fair where community members had gathered for an afternoon of performances by various artists, some residents held a “peaceful” protest against the fair along with a prayer circle.
While a few years ago the opposition was quiet, it has been growing louder, with people flooding the pride committee’s social media group with aggressive comments, O’Connor said.The number of police-reported hate crimes against members of the LGBTQ+ community in Canada rose by 64 per cent from 2019 to 2021, according to Statistics Canada.Article content
“What we’re seeing now are really the effects of the mainstreaming of fringe ideologies and viewpoints being taken out by people who may or may not know that they are promoting and spreading these kinds of hateful ideologies,” said Mason.
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