Mon Jun 5, 2023 – 7:54 pm EDT
TORONTO (LifeSiteNews) — Toronto’s public transit system rolled out its ‘2SLGBTQQIA+’ subway door chimes for June as violence on mass transportation increases.
On June 1, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) introduced a subway door chime from Singing Out, a “2SLGBTQQIA+ choir,” to honor “pride” month.
“As part of our commitment to ensuring all customers and employees feel safe, welcome and included on public transit, we are undertaking a number of initiatives to celebrate Pride Month,” TTC spokesperson Stuart Green told LifeSiteNews.
“The alert chime is one of them,” he added. “We’ve also got a specially wrapped bus running on the 94 Wellesley route in June. We’re raising the Pride flag on TTC property and of course we’ll be participating in the parade, as we do every year.”
The tweet announcing the new chime has since been removed, Green said, because of a “technical/volume issue with the chimes that we need to resolve.”
The chime sung by the LGBT choir will replace the usual chime that plays before platform announcements. The normal chime will return in July.
While TTC reaffirmed its dedication to support LGBT agenda, the organization has
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