Anti-trans group, 1 Million March 4 Children, planned massive protests against the rights of trans students. They were largely drowned out by huge crowds of supporters for trans rights and unions.
Thank you so much for this reporting. I am glad I get to support your work. I cannot tell you how much it means to me to know that you are doing this work and keeping me informed. And to see this response in Canada is completely encouraging.
Also, you expose the collusion between the far right and the anti-trans sentiment over and over again. Critical!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
This is great news and gives me hope that Canada will remain a safe place for trans people. On a more speculative note, I hope that Canada would be willing to offer trans Americans asylum if things here ever get really bad on a national level.
"encircled and trapped” by “a massive crowd of counter-protesters.”
I hope he and every one of his hate mongering counterparts remembers that fear. Spreading hate should never feel like it will could be done without fear of exposure and ridicule. Being exposed and ridiculed is pretty light fare for what these cowards are doing.
Wonderful reporting as always, and reading about the outflowing of support across Canada brought a few happy tears to this trans person's eyes. I wish as many people here in the US were as aware of this plight and would rise up in similar counterprotests to take on these ghouls. Still, I'll take some good news when I see it, so thank you for this.
The fight goes on! But I am so proud of my Canadian Roots. I am a 69 year old Trans Woman who only chose to transition a couple years ago because I thought we had turned a corner...and we have as it relates to the 50's, 60's, and 70's when the climate for people like me to be our true selves was unsafe.
In St. John’s it was 200:100 for the “no space for hate” side, and as we’ve seen across the country, we’ve had strong support from teachers, with the president of the provincial teachers union there with us.
To be fair, not all counter-protests in the US have to come in the form of physically showing up; The transmisic hate group Gays Against Groomers was having a fundraiser here in NYC, and there was a financial counter-protest on https://www.outfundraisehate.com where you could donate money per attendee to New Alternatives, which is a charity for homeless LGBTQ+ youth. The counter-fundraiser was a smashing success, as $11K was raised for the charity.
I wonder what happened in Halifax; I'll try to find out. I'm originally from Canada and it just sickens me how the poison here in the US is seeping across the border.
Thank you so much for this reporting. I am glad I get to support your work. I cannot tell you how much it means to me to know that you are doing this work and keeping me informed. And to see this response in Canada is completely encouraging.
Also, you expose the collusion between the far right and the anti-trans sentiment over and over again. Critical!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
This is great news and gives me hope that Canada will remain a safe place for trans people. On a more speculative note, I hope that Canada would be willing to offer trans Americans asylum if things here ever get really bad on a national level.
"encircled and trapped” by “a massive crowd of counter-protesters.”
I hope he and every one of his hate mongering counterparts remembers that fear. Spreading hate should never feel like it will could be done without fear of exposure and ridicule. Being exposed and ridiculed is pretty light fare for what these cowards are doing.
Way to go Canada!
It's really uplifting to see so many people turn out to ACTUALLY protect children.
This is so beautiful, but a good reminder to keep showing up.
This gives me hope. Thank you for reporting on this Erin!
I was hoping Canada wouldn’t get infected by this American-style hate but I’m so glad to see the counter-protesters showed up
We need something similar in the US every day until discriminatory laws are repealed
Wonderful reporting as always, and reading about the outflowing of support across Canada brought a few happy tears to this trans person's eyes. I wish as many people here in the US were as aware of this plight and would rise up in similar counterprotests to take on these ghouls. Still, I'll take some good news when I see it, so thank you for this.
Yes! So great to hear some good news for a change. If only we could do this in the U.S.
The fight goes on! But I am so proud of my Canadian Roots. I am a 69 year old Trans Woman who only chose to transition a couple years ago because I thought we had turned a corner...and we have as it relates to the 50's, 60's, and 70's when the climate for people like me to be our true selves was unsafe.
The big question remains. Why is the US not reacting the same as Canada to these hateful and discriminating laws?
In St. John’s it was 200:100 for the “no space for hate” side, and as we’ve seen across the country, we’ve had strong support from teachers, with the president of the provincial teachers union there with us.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-march-4-children-protest-1.6972407
It’s sad that hateful ideologies imported from the US have any footing in Canada, but I’m buoyed by the fervent responses seen across the country
To be fair, not all counter-protests in the US have to come in the form of physically showing up; The transmisic hate group Gays Against Groomers was having a fundraiser here in NYC, and there was a financial counter-protest on https://www.outfundraisehate.com where you could donate money per attendee to New Alternatives, which is a charity for homeless LGBTQ+ youth. The counter-fundraiser was a smashing success, as $11K was raised for the charity.
https://fundraise.newalternativesnyc.org
I wonder what happened in Halifax; I'll try to find out. I'm originally from Canada and it just sickens me how the poison here in the US is seeping across the border.
.............And meanwhile in the USA: CRICKETS. 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗
Maybe cold air gets brain cells to think clearer (although not everywhere obviously).