New billboard in West Kelowna, B.C. sparks outrage among many
Global News
The billboard shows a cartoon woman, who appears to be a teacher, wearing a mask in front of a rainbow flag with a caption reading "What are your kids really learning in school?"
A new banner in West Kelowna, questioning what children are being taught in school has been sparking outrage due to its message and graphics shown on it.
The billboard, stationed along Highway 97 in West Kelowna, shows a cartoon woman, who appears to be a teacher, wearing a mask in front of a rainbow flag with a caption reading “What are your kids really learning in school?”
One advocate of the queer community was shocked to see the billboard, calling it ‘discriminating.’
“It’s promoting hate against the 2SLGBTQ, against educators who are supportive and trying to create safe spaces in schools, and discriminating against a whole community,” said Wilbur Turner, Chair of Advocacy Canada.
One of the Co-Organizers of Get Awake Canada, the group responsible for the billboard shared what the message means with Global News.
Part of the statement reads, “The billboard is about political and ideological indoctrination of children in Canadian Schools.”
In a phone call, where the co-organizer asked to remain anonymous, said, parents involved in this group are concerned that they are losing their parental rights to parent their own children, adding that they are trying to start a conversation about what kids are being taught in school.
However, Turner says the billboard, is a targeted message directed at the queer community and that when it comes to children, it’s only doing more harm than good.