*UBC statement, Department of Equity and Inclusion*
University officials learned that the pride rainbow flag raised at the opening ceremony for OUTweek on February 5, was burned sometime over the Family Day long weekend. The flag was located at the Flagpole Plaza between the old Student Union Building and Brock Hall. Campus Security and the University detachment of the RCMP are conducting an investigation.
UBC condemns this incident as an act of hate and in contravention of the values of equity, inclusion and respect deeply held by the university community. UBC fully supports OUTweek 2016 which is an annual celebration of gender and sexual diversity organized each year by the AMS club Pride Collective at UBC with support from UBC units including the Equity and Inclusion Office.
The pride rainbow flag is raised as a symbol of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* (transgender, transsexual, trans-identified), two-spirit, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual (LGBT*TQIA+) students, faculty, and staff on campus.
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