Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) is celebrating Pride Month.
The Board is committed to creating an inclusive environment, understanding the culture, beliefs, and identity of our staff and students. As an organization, we continue to learn and grow each day. As we educate our staff and students, and welcome positive spaces for the two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual plus (2SLGBTQIA+) community, TLDSB will be flying the progress pride flag at all education centres and schools from June 1 to 30.
Pride Month commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, New York. The month-long celebration is a way to recognize the impact that 2SLGTBQIA+ individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally. The Progress Pride Flag, created in 2018, adds a five-coloured chevron to the original Pride Flag to represent racialized people and transgender identity, placing greater emphasis on intersectionality and progression. Raising the flag visibly highlights our continued commitment to ensuring equity, dignity, well-being, diversity, and inclusion of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in TLDSB.
For more information about positive spaces in TLDSB, visit the Positive Space – 2SLGBTQIA+ page on the Board’s website.
