>> Toronto cop dyes hair hot pink to take stand against bullying, homophobia
Luke Watson avait promis de le faire à l’occasion de la journée du rose au Canada, le 8 avril, censée éveiller les consciences sur l’homophobie, la transphobie, la misogynie et toutes autres formes de discrimination et de harcèlement.
Ryan Willmer, un de ses collègues, a ensuite partagé la photo sur twitter en engageant les paris, assurant que Luke passerait à la couleur s’il obtenait au moins 500 partages. Et, qu’à chaque millier, ce serait toute une semaine à déambuler dans les couloirs de la police, en patrouille ou lors d’interpellation… avec les cheveux roses.
Here it is as promised @pc8430 #PinkDay #DayofPink #stopbullyingnow #FHCIDayofPink @TorontoPolice @VictoriaDPSU pic.twitter.com/llHo8tyPnX
— Ryan Willmer (@RyanCP23) 8 Avril 2015
Promesses tenues : 48 h plus tard, le compteur explosait affichant quelques 2000 retweets. Et son défi passant difficilement inaperçus, ce mercredi, Luke Watson a enchaîné les interviews dans des collèges et lycée de la ville, encouragé par tous ses collègues.
Hanging w/ the Chief at Forrest Hill Collegiate for #DayofPink #fhcidayofpink @RyanCP23 pic.twitter.com/oUMqDN17yo — Laurie McCann (@thecoffeecop) 8 Avril 2015
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Ryan Willmer, nous a envoyé un message de soutient avec une précision : De la part d’un jeune dissident français 🙂 La Journée internationale en rose est l’initiative de deux adolescents de la Nouvelle-Écosse qui voulaient montrer leur support envers un élève homosexuel qui s’était fait intimider parce qu’il portait un chandail rose. Depuis 2007, des millions de personnes portent du rose pour la diversité.
@RyanCP23 You have all my support for the struggle of rights for LGBT (from Young French dissident) @stop_homophobie
— Ranim (@regragui_r) 9 Avril 2015
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>> This Toronto cop is taking a colorful stand against homophobia and bullying.
Luke Watson dyed his hair hot pink to fight LGBT discrimination, and he’s letting Twitter users choose how long he keeps the new ‘do.
Watson promised that for every 1,000 retweets of a picture of his new style, he’ll keep the hair color for another week.
Every 100 retweets means another day of pink locks.
The initial picture to #StopBullyingNow went viral, amassing 1,000 retweets within two hours Wednesday.
Watson dyed his hair for the International Day of Pink, a day of events to « raise awareness to stop homophobia, transphobia, transmisogyny and all forms of bullying, » according to its .
It was started by two heterosexual teens in Nova Scotia who wanted to stand in solidarity with a gay student who was bullied while wearing a pink shirt.
The day’s message: Together we can stop bullying.
High schools around Canada host events and change their school colors to pink in solidarity every year.
Toronto Police have been attending Day of Pink events for years, spokesman Kevin Masterman told the Daily News.
« We’re supportive of the event » and of Watson’s hair color, Masterman said.
Watson attended the Day of Pink rally at Forest Hills Collegiate Institute in Toronto Wednesday, alongside other cops in pink t-shirts under their uniforms, according to Twitter posts. Some officers shared their own experiences of bullying and others told students shared tips to fight the abuse.
Meanwhile, fellow officer Ryan Willmer, who posted Watson’s pictures, rocked a pink-painted police cruiser and a pink badge and ate pink donuts, pictures show.
Masterman said he was not aware of a police regulation against having pink hair.
Watson and Willmer were not immediately available for comment.
