In the lead-up to the Vancouver Pride Society's annual August long weekend festivities, three members of the LGBTQ community who are also people of colour joined CBC's The Early Edition Tuesday to shed light on the racism say they say is pervasive both in the city at large and online. They decide what's acceptable or not," said Sasha Mark, a Cree-Métis stand-up comedian and member of Vancouver's gay community. And then also on the online world, especially on the queer dating apps, there is just a lot of blatant racism on those," he added. She said she has faced a lot of online racism since coming to Canada, as well as app users fetishizing her because of her race. But when it comes to actually creating an inclusive LGBTQ community on Canada's West Coast, Marks says individuals need to look inward.

Source: CBC News July 28, 2021 00:10 UTC