Lend Your Voices Only to Sounds of Freedom

In the week leading up to OVC's Make the Yuletide Gay concert last December, a debate raged at the provincial legislature and in social media on the topic of gay-straight alliances (GSAs) in Alberta’s high schools. GSAs are student-led organizations that work to create positive environments for LGBTQ students. At the time, it looked as if the proposed provincial legislation would have forced some Alberta students to go to court if they wanted to start a GSA.Since then, Alberta has become a national leader for positive change in Canada’s debates on sexuality and gender expression. Students themselves convinced then-Premier Jim Prentice of the importance of GSAs in their lives, leading the Progressive Conservatives to reverse their position. This past March, the members of Alberta's legislature voted nearly unanimously to allow GSAs in every school where a student requests one.In warm support of GSAs and the courageous teenagers who are working so tirelessly to make their school communities safe and welcoming for LGBTQ students, One Voice Chorus invites you to join us for Rainbow Connections: A Pride Concert.Rainbow Connections Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 3:00 pmSt. Stephen's Anglican Church1121 - 14 Avenue SW, Calgary The GSA students are, in the words of pop star Jewel, most certainly living "A Life Uncommon". We hope you will join us on June 7 to "hear our voices ring out clear with sounds of freedom."