The Straight Goods on #Homosexism
I happened to be at home with the flu, February 9th of this year, when word turned up on my Facebook wall about a curious exchange between a Toronto District School Board trustee and a Toronto City Councillor. The exchange had to do with nudity at Toronto Pride, at the event's annual Sunday parade, in particular. I logged into my Twitter account to see @TrusteeSam and @krystenwongtam have at it. Sam Sotiropoulos , a Trustee in the The TDSB's Ward 20 , wanted Toronto City Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam , who represents the riding of Toronto Centre Rosedale , home to the city's LGBTQ Village , to explain why "Canada's nudity laws" were not being enforced during the annual Pride Parade. The heated exchange quickly made the press -- in particular, because of the trustee's assertion that defenders of Pride traditions were guilty of, in his description, "homosexism." Twitter followers paused, fingers flexing over keyboards and devices, befo...