City councillor wants 4 more LGBTQ rainbow crosswalks in Burnaby

published on March 27, 2019 by Kenneth Chan, in URBANAIZED

One city councillor in Burnaby is pushing for four new LGBTQ rainbow crosswalks in his municipality.

On Monday night, Burnaby city council is scheduled to deliberate on councillor Dan Johnston’s motion of requesting city staff to identify four high-profile intersections in each of Burnaby’s town centres for the eventual painting of a rainbow crosswalk that celebrates the city’s LGBTQ population.

He cites a 2017 study by the Canadian Community Health Survey and BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS that estimated the LGBTQ population in the neighbouring City of Vancouver to be up to 40,000+, but this is “in an environment where not everyone is willing or able to declare.”

Furthermore, he adds, “proportionally comparable populations of LGBTQ are believed to exist in neighbouring metro communities.”

Johnson wants city staff to aim to paint the first of the four crosswalks prior to Burnaby’s Pride celebration in August 2019.

These new crosswalks would be in addition to the rainbow crosswalk painted in 2018 on Jubilee Avenue near Metrotown, which was vandalized with Nazi symbols just prior to the city’s first-ever Pride event. The vandalism was promptly removed by the city.

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City councillor wants 4 more LGBTQ rainbow crosswalks in Burnaby

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