Members of Calgary’s LGBTQ community are protesting the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Canada for setting up its chaplaincy truck just one block from the city’s pride crosswalk on Stephen Avenue. The Billy Graham Association is under fire for stating on its Canadian website that sex is, “only to be enjoyed within a marriage between a man and a woman.” The group has parked its Rapid Response truck across the street from the Telus Convention Centre to act as an exhibitor during the 25th annual Pentecostal World Conference, running from Aug. 27 to Aug. 30. LGBTQ member Mike Morrison invited other allies of the Pride community for a peaceful demonstration at noon Thursday in front of the Billy Graham truck. Morrison says he’ll proudly be waving the rainbow flag. “It’s Pride Week in Calgary and pride is absolutely meant to be a protest,” he said. “Billy Graham is one of the most homophobic organizations in the world and they basically spend their time trying to dismantle LGBTQ rights and I just wanted to let people know that we’re here.” Read more here... https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-lgbtq-members-protest-billy-graham-association-1.4570430 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28n9c0iTlsc

From Pink News - Paula Radcliffe said in an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live on Friday (March 29): “There are absolutely probably hundreds of transgenders who want to take part in sport for all of the other benefits that it brings. “And all we’re saying is: ‘That’s fine, but not elite sport.’ Radcliffe, who has held the Women’s World Marathon Record since 2003, added: “Because elite sport, that female section of elite sport, has to be protected, so that females can genuinely reach the top of it.” But world champion trans cyclist Rachel McKinnon has criticized Paula Radcliffe for spreading “irrational fear.” “The rights of trans athletes shouldn’t hang on what any individual says or does,” s̶h̶e̶ he told PinkNews. “The very idea that we must ‘protect’ cis women’s—or ‘female’—sport from trans women, who are legally female, too, is an irrational fear of trans women, which is the dictionary definition of transphobia.” ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52V-iBg4HC4

A school district has apologized to parents, after hosting a drag queen as part of a career day. A spokesperson for Adams 12 Five Star schools said Rocky Top Middle School staff should have notified parents a drag queen would be speaking to their children, before allowing the speech to happen. Students at Rocky Top range from 6th to 8th grade. The drag queen, identified as a woman who goes by “Jessica L’Whor,” is a relative of one student. The district confirmed she was invited to attend career day. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtLYXo4mbZs

A same sex couple in Southaven says they were asked to leave their Baptist church because of their sexual preference. Read more here... https://www.localmemphis.com/news/local-news/mid-south-church-revokes-membership-of-same-sex-couple/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YOUH3qrovE