Westlock resident Benita Pedersen has been issued a human rights complaint for “hatred or contempt” after posting an anti-Pride crosswalk flyer.
An Alberta woman will face an eight-day human rights hearing over a flyer she distributed opposing a rainbow crosswalk and raising concerns about transgender ideology.
The Alberta Human Rights Tribunal hearing against Westlock resident Benita Pedersen begins Monday.
Pedersen distributed the two-sided flyer in June 2023 after learning that the Town of Westlock planned to paint a rainbow crosswalk incorporating colours from the transgender pride flag.
The front urged residents to “Say NO to the rainbow crosswalk in Westlock” and provided instructions for contacting municipal officials and attending a council meeting.
The reverse side contained stronger language about transgender ideology, children and medical transitions. It described certain treatments as “chemical castration and genital mutilation” and claimed that children could be left “infertile and unable to reproduce.”
The flyer alleged that “the transgender agenda is part of the de-population agenda, which is part of Agenda 2030.”