For mobile users, you can swipe left / right to open menu, schedule, and stream list. If you got problem try reload the player or try different server on external player. “When the LGBT community recognizes an event like pride or sees the pride flag flying, it is an indication that their community is potentially a safe space for them to be and to live,” Kennedy said. We have multiple stream types for each anime, so use what works best for you. Kennedy said the council’s decision to raise the flag was “unfortunate and unnecessary,” and said it likely stems from a lack of understanding of the real symbolism of the pride flag, as well as a lack of understanding about the hardships faced by Canada’s LGBTQ community. Helen Kennedy, executive director of human rights group Egale Canada, said she wasn’t familiar with the straight flag - and Sunday’s ceremony was the first time she had heard of such a flag being raised in Canada. “There has been a lot of emotions that come with seeing community leaders act in this blatantly insensitive manner,” Smith wrote.Īs a member of the LGBTQ community, Smith said he celebrates pride after years of living with disrespect and bullying, and said he sees it as a way to honour those who have been killed over their sexual and gender identities. Justin Smith, who grew up in the neighbouring village of Minto, N.B., said in an email Monday that he sees the raising of the straight flag as a “display of hate” that sends a disappointing message. Photo by Andrew Vaughan / The Canadian Press The banner which has been referred to as a “straight flag” has drawn criticism from some residents who say it is harmful to members of the LGBTQ community. I’m not … I have friends who are homosexual and lesbian, and I don’t have any problems with them at all.” A flag, approved by the village council, flies in Chipman, N.B. “I’d do it again, but I’m an old man,” he said. The number of anti-LGBTQ hate groups soared 43 percent last year, rising from 49 groups in 2018 to 70 in 2019, according to a recent report from the. “Maybe we can fly both flags together,” he mused.Īsked about the straight flag’s design, he said the black and white stripes weren’t a response to the rainbow stripes of an LGBT flag, but just a way of livening up the background to the international symbol he says means “man and woman relationship.”īishop said he grew up with gays and lesbians as friends, and he sometimes defended them physically as a young man. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.