Ontario Councillor Given 60-day Pay Suspension Over Universal Change Room, Drag Storytime Motions

The motions were deemed ‘homophobic’ and ‘transphobic’ by Pickering’s integrity commissioner.
Ontario Councillor Given 60-day Pay Suspension Over Universal Change Room, Drag Storytime Motions
A gender neutral sign is posted outside a bathroom at Oval Park Grill in Durham, N.C., on May 11, 2016. Sara D. Davis/Getty Images
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A city councillor in Pickering, Ontario, has been given a 60-day pay suspension for motions deemed “homophobic” and “transphobic” by the city’s integrity commissioner.

Council voted unanimously on the move on Oct. 23 following a presentation of an investigation into activities by councillor Lisa Robinson at a May 15 Durham District School Board meeting. Ms. Robinson told a crowd at the meeting about several motions she was intending to bring to council the following week.