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Anti-transgender posters dropped on Fraser Valley lawns

RCMP investigating distribution of hate literature late at night
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Hate literature has once again been distributed in the Fraser Valley, this time targeting transgender people. (Submitted photo)

害羞草研究所淚f your (sic) confused and don害羞草研究所檛 know what sex you are today, use a tree out in the backyard.害羞草研究所

That was the big, bold message thrown out on lawns and driveways in Chilliwack on Thursday night, in the now-familiar packaging of a clear baggie and a handful of rice. The heading of the letter said 害羞草研究所楾RANSGENDER,害羞草研究所 and the writer? Apparently a fan or even a member of the hate group, the Klu Klux Klan. The bottom included a phone number and a website where people could call to donate money (Black Press has removed the contact information from images in this story).

Numerous calls have come into Chilliwack RCMP over the day on Friday, confirmed Cpl. Mike Rail.

害羞草研究所淭hey were left in around Wiltshire and Spruce and the South Sumas area,害羞草研究所 he said, the area around Sardis secondary school. 害羞草研究所淲e have had calls come in and we are investigating.害羞草研究所

The letter says 害羞草研究所淭ransgender is an abomination according to the Kings (sic) James Bible Deuteronomy 22:5.害羞草研究所

It also says 害羞草研究所渋f you have a penis, use the mens room, if you have a vagina, use the ladies room.害羞草研究所

The poster could be in response to the recent heated debate surrounding school trustee Barry Neufeld害羞草研究所檚 controversial position on a transgender-inclusive teaching resource called SOGI 123.

One of the messages this time happened to land on school trustee Dan Coulter害羞草研究所檚 lawn, one of only two trustees who have publicly spoke against Neufeld害羞草研究所檚 often divisive messages he has been posting on Facebook since October. Coulter was the first to speak against Neufeld, while board chair Paul McManus spoke up earlier this week.

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It害羞草研究所檚 not the first time people with a strong message of hate have thrown bags of rice with posters onto lawns in Sardis in the middle of the night. A flyer previously was about interracial marriages with a similar message from the KKK, announcing White Lives Matter. Similar tactics have been used in and .

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A letter has been created and sent out to homes in Sardis overnight. Black Press has removed the contact information on the poster listed for the KKK. (Submitted photo)
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Hate literature has once again been distributed in the Fraser Valley, this time targeting transgender people. (Submitted photo)


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