The morning had a mixture of tense and touching moments
Participants, including children, at a rally against promoting gender ideology in schools wave signs at counter-protesters Wednesday in front of the Confederation Building in St. John’s. A brief shouting match and scuffle broke out during the two protests and RNC officers stepped in to keep the peace. Keith Gosse • The TelegramST. JOHN'S, N.L.
"The key message is for me, for them, and for the party, my caucus is you can't promote hate in Newfoundland and Labrador. There's no place for hate in Newfoundland and Labrador, and that goes far and wide," Dinn said. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary interfered to break up the two sides. The woman's son started yelling profanities at the crowd as he held a sign that read"Let Kids Be Kids."
Dr. Peter John Holden stood among the counter-protestors to understand what they were advocating against. "People have the right to decide what happens to their own bodies and what way they want to express themselves, so we're not anti-gay, anti-lesbian, anti-trans, or anything. What we're against is pushing this on children who are not able to process this information. It confuses them."Creating a 'safe space for people finding out who they are': St.
Inclusive education helps protect queer and transgender children, said Brandon Amyot, interim national chairperson for the Canadian Federation of Students ."Queer, trans students exist, they exist on our campuses. They exist in elementary and high school. They exist in our communities. And for me, as a nonbinary queer person, being here parading as a visitor, we know how important it is that we show up to these things," Amyot said.
NLTA president Trent Langdon said the province's teachers support kids day in and day out. He said he attended to support all educators and the province's children.
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