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Within 24 hours of it being finished, the rainbow crosswalk painted by Grade 6-8 students at École Harbour Landing School had tire skid marks left on it.

The rainbow crosswalk was painted by students in the school’s Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) club to show their support for gender diversity and to help make the school a safer space for all gender identities. Some time overnight, someone drove over it and left tire marks over the colours.

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“We really don’t want to glorify the actions of a thoughtless, ignorant individual. We want to focus on the good news story of the kids,” said Regina Public Schools spokesman Terry Lazarou.

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In an emailed statement, Lazarou said the crosswalk demonstrates the students’ “honest desire to make students, residents and visitors in the Harbour Landing community feel like they belong, like they are welcome and that they are safe.”

The statement also said that vandalism to any crosswalk or other public structure “demonstrates one individual’s fundamental disrespect and disregard for that community and its residents.”

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