An Open Letter to Toronto City Councilors Regarding Attacks on Pride
Submitted on July 6, 2011
By Elle Flanders - July 6, 2011
Elle Flanders is a Canadian filmmaker and a driving force behind Queers Against Israeli Apartheid.
Neither you Councilor Mammoliti, nor you Councilor Ford, nor your brother Rob, the Mayor, have terrific records when it comes to defending [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered] rights in this city, and it is becoming more and more clear to most of us that any problem with Queers Against Israeli Apartheid has become a ruse to defund Pride...Banning/threatening Pride because of a group...that criticizes Israeli state policy, cannot be compared to the real work of ridding a city of discrimination and anti-semitism. These charges are clearly wrongheaded and dangerous thinking.
