LGBTQ gym in Edmonton forced to close after facing online harassment

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.An Edmonton gym opened to provide a safe space for the Alberta capital’s LGBTQ’s community is being forced to close after online harassment led to costs that compromised its ability to operate.

“We recognized the impact on the staff and the community however the matter did not meet the threshold for criminal charges,” Sergeant Gary Willitz of the police service’s hate crimes and violent extremism unit, said in a statement issued on Wednesday.The service did not respond to a question about why the situation at Queerflex did not meet the criminal-charge threshold.

They said members of the Queerflex team and the gym were victims of “doxxing,” in which personal information about an individual is published online with malicious intent, on Sept. 10, 2019.As a result, the gym’s board cancelled all group classes out of safety concerns for members, contractors, volunteers and anyone else affiliated with the gym.

Where are the quotes or screenshots of threats? Is there any proof they were threatened at all? Not in this article.

I thought the gym was exclusively for the gay.

Very vague and poorly written article. Exactly what were the threats? I assume that additional security was hired. Why did the group/person make the threats. Why didn't they meet the standard for criminal behavior? Why didn't the mayor order additional patrols?

The LGBQ community should be out raged...these protests stared days after he left the country to do this... Coincidence I think not

Justin just gave millions of dollars and his support to an African country were it's illegal to be gay and till last month was legal to rape someone....that's your tax dollars supporting this country and he wrote the cheque

Pathetic. Something I’d expect from the backwards US, not Canada. It’s 2020 ffs. No excuse for ignorance.

People are just the worst. You don’t like the idea of a LGBTQ gym? Then DON’T GO.

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