Competing protests over LGBTQ2S+ inclusive education in Kitchener and Guelph
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Protests for and against LGBTQ2S+ inclusive education returned Saturday with more than 100 people in the streets in downtown Kitchener and dozens in Guelph.
Protests for and against LGBTQ2S+ inclusive education returned Saturday with more than 100 people in the streets in downtown Kitchener and dozens in Guelph.
For the second time in a month, rallies under the banner of 1 Million March 4 Children were organized in both cities calling for the elimination of what organizers call “the sexual orientation and gender identity curriculum.”
Counter-protests were mounted in response, calling the 1 Million March 4 Children transphobic and homophobic.
In both Guelph and Kitchener counter-protesters out numbered those with the 1 Million March 4 Children.
It comes amid an ongoing debate over queer rights in schools.
Earlier this week, the Government of Saskatchewan invoked the notwithstanding clause to pass a law preventing children under 16 from changing their names or pronouns at schools.
