Halifax school calls for conversation after trans flag ripped down twice – Halifax [Video]

Each year, during Trans Awareness Month, a private school in Halifax’s north end flies a flag at its doorstep as a show of support.

However, teachers and students at the Shambhala School were shocked to find out someone had torn it down a few weeks ago.

The incident was particularly upsetting because it was the second year in a row it had happened.

“The flag was actually ripped right off of the pole and just left on the ground,” said the school’s associate director, Noel McLellan.

“For that flag to spark … an expression of aggression towards that sign of solidarity was upsetting and kind of heartbreaking.”

Fellow teacher, Wesley Pitts, sits on the school’s Gender and Sexuality Alliance. He said staff quickly put the flag back up and used the incident as a teaching moment.

“You can knock us down, but we’re going to get right back up,” said Pitts.

“We had discussions about it with our …