It was
advertised as a protest focused on children and families. But at a rally in
Vancouver, an antisemitic slur was hurled. In Ottawa, a flag with a Nazi
swastika was displayed at a park. And at protests across Canada, protest signs
equated education and advocacy about LGBTQ2S+ issues with pedophilia.
Last week,
protests co-ordinated under the banner of “1 Million March 4 Children” took
place in cities and towns across Canada. In many cities, including Vancouver,
those protests were met and outnumbered by counter-protests supporting the
rights of queer people, especially trans youth.
Parents and
political candidates who oppose sexual orientation and gender identity being
taught in schools have been a vocal part of elections and debates since the
2018 municipal elections in B.C., two years after the province required that
public and independent schools include gender identity and sexual orientation
in their anti-bullying policies.
The 2022 school
board elections saw even more “parents’ rights” candidates running across B.C.;
most were not elected ...
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