Ottawa school board's gender consultant ripped for Good Friday tweet calling Jesus a drag queen: 'Disrespect'
Since-deleted tweet contained an illustration of Jesus, calling him 'a man in a dress telling stories to children'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A since-deleted tweet from an Ontario, Canada school board's gender consultant garnered criticism on Good Friday when she posted a message stating that Jesus was a drag queen.
"Here’s a reminder that Jesus himself was a radical activist … and a drag queen. And also not white," Sara Savoia, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board's Trans and Gender Diverse Student Support Coordinator, wrote in part, including a painted illustration of Jesus surrounded by several children.
The illustration itself showed Jesus wearing a white robe and contained the text: "Oh look, it's a man in a dress telling stories to children."
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The tweet ended by wishing a Happy Easter to all who were celebrating.
Savoia, who uses she/they pronouns, according to her Twitter profile, manages the district's affairs regarding gender identity, sexual orientation and other LGTBQ+ rights.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}She deleted the tweet after a firestorm erupted and locked the account shortly after, prompting users to take their criticism elsewhere.
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Chanel Pfahl, an Ottawa resident and education advocate, shared a screenshot to her own account where she captioned the image with, "Happy Easter everyone! And a reminder from OCDSB’s gender consultant:"
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"You’ve gotta be kidding me," one user weighed in.
Education advocate Cristina Bairos Fernandes wrote, "The disrespect is mind bending."
"She's trolling us right?" a third wrote. Others criticized the comment for insinuating all who wear traditional Middle Eastern attire are "drag queens," ripping the remark as "out-of-touch."
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When asked about the incident, Dr. Aaron Rock, the lead pastor of Harvest Bible Church in Windsor, Ontario, told True North news, "the very notion that (Jesus) dressed as a woman so he could entertain children is offensive to all Christians and unbecoming a public official."
He added that Jesus' attire "matched the Jewish customs of his day for men."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Savoia has also come under fire for proposing LGBTQ+ themed classroom activities, including making "pronoun flowers" in celebration of "International Pronouns Day" and sharing a presentation for "Transgender Visibility Week."
Fox News Digital reached out to the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board for comment, but did not receive an immediate response.
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