5 near the university's old Student Union Building, at the opening ceremony of OUTweek, which is described by UBC as 'an annual celebration of gender and sexual diversity' organized by the Pride Collective at UBC, a student club. ' was met with hate and prejudice rather than critical self-reflection, so this has been a learning experience for me.' Pride flag flies in solidarity at City of Vancouver after UBC flag burning.Mischief charge laid in UBC Pride flag burning.'As a media artist, I intended in burning the flag only to illustrate my displeasure at the university's failure to come to an agreement on the fact of the flag's offensiveness.' student charged with mischief for allegedly burning a rainbow LGBT pride flag at the university last February says she did it to protest what she considers an 'offensive' symbol.īrooklyn Marie Fink, 31, who is transsexual, talked about the flag burning after her first court appearance in Richmond on Tuesday.
