All across the country, Saturday rallies were held for and against gender identity and sexual orientation curriculums in schools. This includes Edmonton, where this afternoon Whyte Avenue became the site of duelling protests. Jasmine King reports.
On the other side of the street was a group counter-protesting, who support LGBTQ2 education in schools and wanted to show solidarity.“They’re protesting the mentioning of the words gay, the words trans, and any education in grade school that is talking about the existence of LGBT people. We believe that’s part of a campaign to demonize and eradicate LGBT people,” said Nikita Dabrowski.
“I believe that parents need to be a very active part in their children’s education and the parents need to be consulted and engaged in it. There are certain things that shouldn’t be taught to children with parental consent,” Pedersen said. “We are concerned that kids who are in schools and have their pronouns or their identity reported to parents, could be at risk of being kicked out of their homes or abused by their parents because not all are accepting of LGBT.”