Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow: We Need Media to Fight "Homophobic Bullshit"
>“Canada, we are well-known to build equality, caring, and we stand up for each other, and that is so special,” Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow told a room of over 100 prominent Canadian queer people and allies last Tuesday at Uncloseted Media’s first Canadian fundraiser at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club.
>“Right now, people are not really reading news. … So you have to cut through a whole lot in order to capture people’s imaginations. You have to really dig deep because truth matters. That’s why journalism matters,” she told the crowd.
>“If we don’t have truth, we have this,” she said, pointing to Uncloseted Media stories covering anti-LGBTQ movements on a TV screen. “Can I call it bullshit? Homophobic bullshit!”
>In a time when so many politicians have ditched LGBTQ rights or watered down their support, Mayor Chow’s unfiltered remarks were refreshing.