One person said they were not surprised Wednesday's event saw new faces and had the largest turnout seen since 2018.
WATCH ABOVE : Transgender Day of Remembrance honours people who died because of anti-trans violence. Advocates say this year's commemoration weighs more heavily than usual, with fear over how new Alberta legislation, if passed, would affect the transgender community. Kabi Moulitharan explains.
Ford said he began losing hope in October, when Alberta’s United Conservative Party government introduced three bills that would affect transgender people. Critics have called the proposed laws the most restrictive in Canada. Amnesty International and LGBTQ2 groups have condemned the measures.Among the critics is the organizer of Wednesday’s event, Adebayo Chris Katiiti, a 29-year-old therapist who was beaten and jailed in Uganda for being a transgender man before he fled to Edmonton in 2016.
Through tears, and while attendees held candles, Katiiti said two people on the list — one a friend — were Albertans who died in 2022.“This legislation is … working to put the LGBTQ and the transgender and gender diverse community in a negative light. … It’s important that we rally and gather on a day like today because who’s going to fight for us if not us,” she said during an interview at the gathering.
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