Here is where Clearview is flying the rainbow flag
After a brief absence, the rainbow flag and its message of inclusiveness is fluttering out over Clearview Township.
In an Aug. 1 ceremony attended by council members, representatives of the Canadian military, and members of Fierté Simcoe Pride, Mayor Chris Vanderkruys and Brandon Rhéal Amyot hooked up the flag to a pole outside of the township’s Station 1 and raised it to the top.
Amyot, the president of Fierté Simcoe Pride, noted it had been a couple of years since the township has been able to raise the flag, but they credited the municipality for “taking a leadership role in making a safe and inclusive Simcoe County.”
The municipality was one of the first in the county to raise the flag several years ago at the start of Simcoe Pride.
Fierté Simcoe Pride held a series of rainbow flag raising events in communities across the county to kick off two weeks of Pride activities.
“Flag raisings are very important for the LGBTQ community, to see the visibility in the area,” noted Alana Keenan, who travelled to the event from New Tecumseth. “It’s important for the LGBTQ community to come out and support each other … it’s great to see so many coming out.”