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  • Challenging 'that's so gay' (Victoria school board tackles homophobic slur)

    07/20/2006 7:42:56 AM PDT · by presidio9 · 124 replies · 2,302+ views
    xtra west ^ | Wednesday, July 19, 2006
    The Greater Victoria School District's "That's So Gay" campaign launch this May was just the beginning, promises school trustee Charley Beresford. "It's not a short-term campaign. It will be going on for some time," she says. Next month, the district's queer advisory committee will send packages out to school principals reminding them about the campaign and offering suggestions on how to make their schools friendlier for queer and questioning students come September. For Beresford, the campaign was a natural next step after her district introduced its groundbreaking anti-homophobia policy in 2004. "I felt like we were not getting far enough...