Norwich council has come under fire for restricting flag-flying on township property to government banners, effectively banning Pride flags, and rejecting one politician’s bid to declare June as Pride Month.The original council motion to ban non-government flags at first explicitly cited the Pride flag before that was changed to ban all special banners.
“We’ll be here today to help support the inclusive messaging,” Dennis Wright, the board’s superintendent of safe schools and well-being, said standing outside the school in Norwich.“We have over 10,000 employees, many of them identify with the LGBTQ-plus community. We need to make sure that everybody’s identities are centred and affirmed … There’s just no room for exclusionary practices.
Several residents and businesses since have rallied to promote inclusivity in the community, flying Pride flags and mounting signs denouncing hate on their properties.