But what really went on?
A guest post from an attendee of the protest in Ottawa Friday, Christine on June 9th, 2023 at Carling and Broadview
“Supporters of trans rights rally against anti-LGBTQ protest in Ottawa”
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/video/supporters-trans-rights-rally-against-000000851.html ,
“Tensions flare in Ottawa over anti-trans protests”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbk7cNpyMlc
Anti gay? Anti Trans? Really?
The full footage from the Counter Signaland Viva Frei shows the true story.
I’m gay/lesbian and I support Billboard Chris”
CBC “5 arrested at tense faceoffbetween group protesting ‘gender ideology’ and counter-demonstrators”
In an email, a spokesperson for the OCDSB said schools should not be the target of political protests and extended thanks to parents and police for their support through the demonstration.
“Hate is not welcome here. To 2SLGBTQ+ students, staff, and community members, please know you belong and deserve to feel welcome and accepted to be who you are,” the email said.
In the crowd of counter-protesters was Lyra Evans, chair of the OCDSB board of trustees, who felt it was important to be in attendance, despite the school board’s statement from earlier in the week.
Evans felt the demonstrations were far enough away from the board’s two schools.
“It’s really important that LGBTQ people see themselves represented in protests,” said Evans, a transgender woman.
CBC “”Part of the reason why we’re countering in public spaces is to show them that we vastly outnumber them, that their opinions are not only vile, but a minority,” said Emily Quaile, who helped organize the counter-protest and is a parent of a student at Broadview Public School. “And if we don’t, if we let them take up public space, they are free to spread that rhetoric and recruit more people.”
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Global News: “Ottawa protest over ‘gender ideology’ met with hundreds of counter-protesters”.
Global –a “microcosm for the rising hostility facing the queer community…”,police making at least 5 arrests in a FAR RIGHT event outside at least 3 schools…” “counter protestors outnumbered anti trans protestors” “push back against transphobic and hateful message”
“growing hostility against trans ppl”
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CTV—“we saw yelling, fighting and at one point a man spitting at counter protestors”…”tensions flaring between police and protestors” McKenney “hatred against trans kids in front of a school, growing hatred towards LGBTQ community”……….”activist has a history of aligning with and spouting hatred against LGBTQ2S+” “hate has no place here”
Really? Hostility? Vile behaviour, tense face offs? Hateful messages? Maybe so but not from the protestors. The police and news refuse to release details of the 5 arrests made but we have some images of those arrested, they don’t look FAR RIGHT.
Ran away from the protest?? Ran away from the protest?
No, Josh and many of the protestors ran down Carling Avenue and up a side street in an attempt to get around (and avoid a violent clash with) the angry mob of counter protestors blocking their protest March to the school, which they properly planned and had a permit for. CTV had to do some incredible editing; cutting out a hundred followers running behind him to make it look like Josh was “running away”. But then again CTV was there all day, and when Josh and his supporters popped out behind the counter protestors it was apparent he did not “run away”.
“I’ll take a punch for queer and trans youth any day:”Ottawa MPP punched in the face at rally supporting queer and trans youth
Ottawa MPP attacked while attending rally attempting to keep trans and queer individuals safe”
Joel Harden Yahoo
Harden estimated around eighty anti-trans protestors at the rally, screaming and coming close to the young people in an attempt to start fights. Although he wasn’t comfortable sharing some of the things said, he did say some of them were “absolutely vile”.
CTV: “Trans-friendly counter-protesters stand up to activist outside Ottawa schools”
Stand up to a journalist, they mean?
In the midst of a disturbing rise in hate crimes targeting the LGBTQ2S+ community across Canada, another violent incident has left everyone shocked.
Anti-fa and far LEFT counter protestors being arrested? Shocking……
(To see this, go to the Counter-Signal video linked above and watch from 40 seconds.)
https://twitter.com/_llebrun/status/1667220359949500427? ottawa-mpp-punched-queer-rally-153800694.html This is absolute madness. The far-right mob is not even at a school anymore, they’re just standing in the middle of a residential street in Westboro chanting nonsense in the direction of random homeowners to “leave our kids alone.”
Who’s actually blocking the streets? The planned protest was a short March to the school; the counter protestors blocked the street by their own admission so the protest could not go ahead as planned.
The Counter protestors (NOT the protestors) blocked the street, as Joel Harden mentioned in the Yahoo News article “”We held a part of the street far away from schools as we did not want to be protesting in front of schools, so we gathered near where they said they would gather,” Harden said.