Red Deer Catholic school trustee likens Pride movement to Nazism
Editor’s note: Some details in this story may be offensive or triggering to readers; 2SLGBTQ+ stands for Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer, plus (+) many other identities
A trustee at Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools is in hot water after a now deleted Facebook Story on her personal account compared the 2SLGBTQ+ community to Nazism.
“Brainwashing is brainwashing,” the caption read on Monique LaGrange’s post, with two photos underneath — the first of children waving Nazi flags, and the other with children waving Pride flags.
First elected in 2021 with 2,436 votes, LaGrange is a distant relative to former Red Deer Catholic trustee and current provincial Health Minister Adriana LaGrange. Their relation was verified by rdnewsNOW with the minister’s press secretary; Adriana is a former Red Deer Catholic trustee herself and is of course the former minister of education, though has nothing to do with this social media post.