A Toronto District School Board (TDSB) school hosted a performance by a drag star, leading protesters and counterprotesters to gather outside.
The performance was part of an assembly at York Mills Collegiate Institute on April 12 for Pink Shirt Day, a day to raise awareness about bullying. Some have taken the day as an occasion to focus on bullying against LGBTQ+ people specifically.
Icesis Couture, the 2021 winner of “Canada’s Drag Race,” gave a performance to the high school students. Couture was dressed in a short-cut yellow dress with a big bow at the neck and danced to the song, “Mother,” by Meghan Trainor….