International Day of Pink - Member's Statement

MS. CLAUDIA CHENDER « » : Mr. Speaker, I rise today, on the International Day of Pink, to recognize the organizations dedicated to supporting LGBTQ communities in Nova Scotia.

These include the 90 gender and sexuality alliance clubs led by students dotted around the province's high schools and community centres - the Youth Project in Halifax which supports youth and educates Nova Scotians around issues of gender and sexuality; South House Sexual and Gender Resource Centre which provides space and supports to student population and the community at large; and the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project which has participated in numerous human rights cases involving same sex rights and was instrumental in bringing marriage equality to Nova Scotians.

We have a lot more work to do, but today let us celebrate the work that these and many other organizations do to support the LGBTQ community and to educate all Nova Scotians.

---

Published by Order of the Legislature by Hansard Reporting Services and printed by the Queen's Printer.

Available on INTERNET at http://nslegislature.ca/legislative-business/hansard-debates/