“The UCP is a big-tent party that supports the rule of law, equality of all before the law, and protection of the fundamental rights and freedoms of all. Designed by Tony DeBlase in 1989, the Leather, Latex, and BDSM Flag is meant to show support to and represent the subculture of the LGBTQIA+ community (which often includes gay men, as well as. This is an extremist in his ranks.” John Carpay compared a Pride flag to a swastika at a Rebel Media eventĪ spokesperson for Kenney dodged calls to suspend Carpay, telling the outlet: “Of course we do not believe the rainbow flag has any equivalency to fascism and communism-ideologies that have been responsible for the deaths of well over 100 million people. In this guide, we cover what the pride flag represents and what the pride flag LGBTQ+ colours mean, alongside some fantastic facts and teaching resources. The stripes at the top and bottom are light blue, the traditional color for. Every aspect of the design is carefully chosen to reflect trans identities. It was first shown at a Phoenix, Arizona LGBT pride celebration the following year. “ Jason Kenney was just in the media last week talking about how he’s going to create a database to keep extremists out of the UCP. The trans pride flag was designed by Monica Helms, an openly transgender American woman, in August 1999. LGBT+ campaigners have said that Carpay’s comments betray the bigotry behind his activism, and pressed the right-wing populist United Conservative Party (UCP), which is the official opposition in the Alberta’s legislative assembly, to suspend Carpay’s membership.ĭuncan Kinney of Progress Alberta told CBC: “To equate the Nazis with the movement for equality for LGBTQ people is abhorrent. John Carpay is under fire over his Nazi swastika remarksĬanada’s CBC notes that Carpay is behind a lawsuit seeking to challenge a law protecting gay-straight alliance clubs in schools, which Carpay claims are “ideological sexual clubs.”Ĭarpay also argued in a court battle that a Christian law school should have the right to refused to admit LGBT+ students.