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University president fully supports institute that linked gov’t website for school kids to ‘gay’ smut

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West view of Rutherford House on the grounds of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The University of Alberta ’s president is singing the praises of a pro-homosexual institute even after revelations it runs a government website for kindergarten to Grade 12 students that provided links to graphic homosexual content. In an email to Brian Rushfeldt, founder and former president of Canada Family Action, University of Alberta president David Turpin lauded  the Institute for Sexual Minorities Studies and Services, part of the university’s education faculty, as “groundbreaking and nationally recognized.” Alberta blogger Teresa Ng broke the story in mid-March that the ISMSS created and oversees the NDP government-funded Alberta Gay Straight Alliance Network website, which linked to  “gay” sex sites  as “resources.” Notable among these was Fruit Loop, a pro-LGBTQ site linking to sexually explicit posts with such content...

What next? University of Alberta creates ‘all-gender’ restrooms for transgender students

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EDMONTON, Alberta, August 29, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Although the University of Alberta already has unisex restrooms on campus, the university has agreed to create "all-gender washrooms " for transgender students. “We see a lot of people on our campus who may be trans- or gender non-conforming who do have issues with the washrooms because they are forced to act on this [sexual] binary," said Melanie Alexander of the school's "Gender-Based Violence Prevention Project," according to a  CBC report . "It’s this really vulnerable place to be when you don’t feel like you have places that reflect your gender expression ,” she added. The school has replaced the signs on all single-toilet washrooms, such as those that are wheelchair accessible, with ones that show both male and female figures in addition to a wheelchair. The university will also be providing a map of the "all-gender" washrooms to students when they return to school ne...