A group of Chilliwack students are flooding social media with a positive message of inclusion to counter what they describe as 91裸聊视频渉omophobia and bigotry91裸聊视频� in the school board election campaign.

91裸聊视频淎s students with a diverse spectrum of gender identities and sexualities, we are calling out some statements made by the far-right candidates in the upcoming school board election,91裸聊视频� said Isabella Oberst, who helped create a YouTube video titled 91裸聊视频榃e need change.91裸聊视频�

Oberst is a 16-year-old in Grade 11 in Chilliwack, who identifies as a gender fluid person, and she led the effort to create the video by the group Students91裸聊视频� Voice to correct misconceptions.

The video the students wrote, filmed, and edited themselves takes aim at the inaccuracies being repeated during the campaign and previously about students and the SOGI 123 (sexual orientation gender identity) program.

91裸聊视频淚 chose to speak out because I have witnessed first-hand the homophobia and bigotry in our school systems,91裸聊视频� Oberst said. 91裸聊视频淭hese candidates do not support us and do not speak for us. We have joined together in an effort to make a change for the better in our community.91裸聊视频�

Several school board candidates, including some incumbents during the campaign, have made negative comments about SOGI 123, against gender diverse washrooms, or in favour of book-banning to censor LGBTQ content.

It was incumbent Barry Neufeld in 2017 who launched the first salvo against SOGI 123, ignoring its calls for respect and inclusion, labelling it a 91裸聊视频渨eapon of propaganda91裸聊视频� and that allowing students to talk about gender was 91裸聊视频渃hild abuse.91裸聊视频� Neufeld, who claimed to support 91裸聊视频渢raditional family values91裸聊视频� made the post on his Facebook page that: 91裸聊视频渢he BC Ministry of Education has embraced the LGBTQ lobby and is forcing this biologically absurd theory on children in our schools.91裸聊视频�

The post was later taken down but led to widespread condemnation, as well as calls for Neufeld91裸聊视频檚 resignation and censure.

John Rene said he91裸聊视频檚 heard students referred to as 91裸聊视频減olitical pawns91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频渂rainwashed91裸聊视频� and that they were forced into situations 91裸聊视频渢hey didn91裸聊视频檛 want to be in91裸聊视频� as a result of SOGI.

91裸聊视频淣one of these statements are true,91裸聊视频� Gabe Rowaan underlines in the video. 91裸聊视频淲e recognize that everybody has their opinions but infringing on our most basic human rights is something we won91裸聊视频檛 stand for. These candidates do not speak for us.91裸聊视频�

SOGI 123 is a curriculum resource designed for students to understand themselves better, 91裸聊视频渘ot an item of the gay agenda,91裸聊视频� clarified Anisha Huq.

She also offered clap back at the inaccurate assertion that students are being shown 91裸聊视频減ornography and explicit content91裸聊视频� during sex ed, adding simply: 91裸聊视频淭hat is not true.91裸聊视频�

What is sometimes forgotten is that SOGI is about respect.

The sole purpose of SOGI 123 is to provide 91裸聊视频渁 safe environment for students to be themselves,91裸聊视频� Jaden Welch continued, adding the program focuses on the fact that 91裸聊视频渆verybody deserves respect91裸聊视频� regardless of how they identify.

The video was posted on the Students91裸聊视频� Voice Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages.

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