May 11, 2023
JENN SMITH
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JENN SMITH
Jenn Smith
Butt Eyes III (Witch Hat)
oil on canvas
26" x 20"
2018
“It’s part of our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms that gender identity and gender expression is protected grounds against discrimination, and we want institutions and organizations to be setting an example and not allowing these types of speakers a platform for their hate speech.”
The Vancouver Pride Society is barring UBC from officially marching in August’s Pride Parade because the university hosted a controversial anti-SOGI speaker last month.
UBC clubs and associations will also not be able to officially walk in the pride parade either, but they will be allowed to walk with other groups or as individuals. The Vancouver Pride Society says UBC has not met the society’s criteria for participation.
The invite was rescinded over the university’s decision to allow controversial speaker Jenn Smith to present on campus last month. VPS executive director Andrea Arnot says UBC’s approval of a room for Smith’s anti-SOGI event amounted to providing “a platform for transphobic hate speech.”
SOGI 123 is an LGBTQ-inclusive education resource used in B.C. schools.
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JENN SMITH
Jenn Smith
The Three
acrylic and oil on canvas
24" x 20"
2016
Ryan Painter, a trustee for the Greater Victoria school district, is planning a protest at Queens' Park Thursday to denounce the talk, which he said could promote violence against the LGBTQ community.
A speaker critical of B.C.’s sexual-orientation and gender-identity policy in schools is promoting transphobic hate speech and should not be allowed to hold an event at Oak Bay’s Windsor Pavilion, opponents say.
Thursday’s talk by Jenn Smith, called “The Erosion of Freedom: How transgender politics in school and society is undermining our freedom and harming women and children,” has sparked a community backlash. As a result, Oak Bay councillors were expected to receive legal advice Monday night on whether the talk should go ahead.
Smith has held similar talks in Campbell River and Duncan and has an event coming up in Nanaimo.
Oak Bay Parks and Recreation staff has been inundated with calls and emails from people upset that Smith was given approval to use public space.
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