What was envisioned as a day to spotlight the “widespread opposition” to LGBTQ+ youth instead blossomed into a remarkable display of backing and unity for trans individuals across Canada.
Because there is no widespread opposition. It’s just a bunch of really loud opposition who think volume equates support and who’ve been hoodwinked by Russian trolls and bots into thinking there’s a lot of people like them.
Except for two places. Kitchener and Surrey.
Kitchener has seen a rise in LGBTQ hate crimes as well. Generally it's been perpetuated by high school kids, so nothing will happen
The protests played out exactly as most people thought they would. The large cities, who normally vote center or left, had more counter-protestors than protestors. This was not the case in smaller cities and towns, which normally vote right.
Something that I found uplifting is that even in my small town, there were counter protesters. Not more than the pro outting-trans-kids-to-their-parents-so-they-become-homeless crowd, but there was a least a group.
Ty I recently installed a firefox extension to auto clean all of them but I guess it doesn’t get quite everything, will have to double check it I guess
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