This Monday, March 21, the NDP have committed to asking a question during Question Period at Queen’s Park on the Ministry of Education’s responsibility to enforce their Policy related to Gay Straight Alliances (GSAs) – Policy highlighted in our January 24, 2011 letter to Leona Dombrowsky, Minister of Education.

Recently, students at St. Joseph’s Catholic Secondary School in Mississauga were told “no” when they asked to form a GSA – the fully story can be found here.

Continuing our ongoing work on the issue of GSAs in Catholic School Boards, we will be releasing a public statement soon once again calling on the Ministry to enforce their Policy (PPM 145) and allow these students their right to form and/or participate in a GSA. As well, we will be hosting a Public Education Forum on the International Day of Pink – April 13 – in downtown Toronto to discuss the benefits of an updated Sex Ed Curriculum as well as GSAs. Details on this forthcoming.

In the meantime, we are calling on you today to make your presence heard and show up to Question Period at Queen’s Park on Monday, March 21. Question Period starts at 10:30 AM and runs until 11:30 AM. It is open to the public and all you need to do is head to Queen’s Park and head to the main/front entrance and you will be re-directed from there.

We encourage all Queer Ontario members who can to make their way to Queen’s Park to do so and show that you support the rights of not just Mississauga students but students across Ontario to form and/or participate in GSAs.