Pride Toronto made what many considered a highly divisive mistake last month, when they decided to censor the language of one participating group, Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, or QuAIA.
Free-speech advocates created an uproar, and Pride Toronto was eventually forced to listen, and rescind the QuAIA ban. What have we learned from all of this?
Shawn Syms is this week’s Not Rex commentator and weighs in on the controversy.
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