{"id":10704,"date":"2016-02-10T15:24:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T23:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/?p=10704"},"modified":"2016-02-10T15:26:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T23:26:08","slug":"outweek-rainbow-flag-burned-at-ubc-suspect-hate-speech-pride-ubysseynews-ubc100-ubcnews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/2016\/02\/outweek-rainbow-flag-burned-at-ubc-suspect-hate-speech-pride-ubysseynews-ubc100-ubcnews\/","title":{"rendered":"#OUTweek rainbow flag burned at #UBC suspect hate speech #pride #ubysseynews #ubc100 #ubcnews"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pride\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Moira Warburton, The Ubyssey<\/em><\/a>, February 9, 2016– A rainbow flag, raised on the pole outside the old SUB for the Pride Collective at UBC\u2019s OUTweek this week, was discovered to have been burnt down earlier today in what is presumed to be a violent act of hate.<\/p>\n

Pride Collective members noticed that the flag was missing this morning and contacted the UBC Equity and Inclusion Office to ask if they knew anything about the disappearance. Upon investigation, the office found remnants of the scorched flag still attached to the pole.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a rough day,\u201d said Rachel Garrett, one of the coordinators of the Pride Collective. \u201c[There\u2019s been] a lot of stress. I don’t think any of us feel safe right now and that\u2019s a really hard feeling to be going through.\u201d<\/p>\n

OUTweek is an annual eight-day event, organized by the Pride Collective, which celebrates \u201cqueer and trans identities, communities and learning,\u201d according to its\u00a0Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although OUTweek will not be completely cancelled, the Pride Collective has cancelled a\u00a0Fuck the Cis-tem March<\/a>\u00a0due to take place tomorrow\u00a0in response to the event because of concerns that it would give public recognition to individuals who could then potentially be targeted by further acts of hate.<\/p>\n

Although OUTweek will not be completely cancelled, the Pride Collective has cancelled a\u00a0Fuck the Cis-tem March<\/a>\u00a0due to take place tomorrow\u00a0in response to the event because of concerns that it would give public recognition to individuals who could then potentially be targeted by further acts of hate.<\/p>\n

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