Vernon Cineplex draws criticism for screening anti-LGBTQ+ film during Pride Month

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Vernon Cineplex draws criticism for screening anti-LGBTQ+ film during Pride Month
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Galaxy Cinemas says it is not selling tickets to the public as it is a private screening put on by the Freedom Network

The Vernon Cineplex is being censured for hosting a private screening of what critics have called an anti-2SLGBTQIA+ film, in the middle of Pride Month.

Kylie Walman, a lawyer with Nixon Wenger in Vernon, a member of Lawyers Against Transphobia and a member of the queer community, told The Morning Star she's concerned about the screening, given that the film has been criticized for being anti-2SLGBTQIA+ and anti-trans"propaganda."

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