Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

[thread 1/x] Transphobia: Canada
[2/x] https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113584115613049612

[main thread] Canada: education, transphobia
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110569134012529765

#Canada #transgender #TLM #TransLivesMatter #BTLM #BlackTransLivesMatter
#Christofascism #transgenocide #transphobia #antiLGBT
#PublicEducation #SOGI
#1MillionMarch4Children #Action4Canada #PlymouthBrethren #ConservativeParty #CPP #Poilievre
#CultureWars #ChristianRight #conservatism #ParentalRightsMovement
#CanPol #USpol #Trump2 #Project2025 #fascism #theocracy

Sep 20, 2023 at 4:45pmWeb
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

Addendum 1

[2023-09-19] B.C. human rights commissioner slams hate-fuelled anti-LGBTQ2S+ rallies planned in Canada
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-human-rights-commissioner-slams-hate-fuelled-anti-lgbtq2s-rallies-planned-across-canada-1.6568405

* protests against Canada's LGBTQ community planned across Canada 2023-09-20
* counter-protests planned
* 1MillionMarch4Children “standing together against gender ideology in schools” 🤨
* re: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity taught, B.C. public schools

#Canada #SOGI #1MillionMarch4Children #transphobia #TransLivesMatter #FarRight #ChristianRight

B.C. human rights commissioner slams 'hate-fuelled' anti-LGBTQ2S+ rallies planned across Canada

British Columbia's Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, says she is disturbed about 'hate-fuelled marches' planned in several communities around the province and across Canada on Wednesday.

British Columbia
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

Addendum 2

2022-09-20: Cross-Canada rallies against gender ideology in schools met w. counterprotests
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/cross-country-rallies-against-gender-ideology-in-schools-met-with-counter-protests-1.6569373

* competing protests re: school policies on gender identity, SOGI
* protests/counter-protests linked to school policies, incl. in New Brunswick/Saskatchewan that require young people to get parental consent before teachers can use their preferred first names, pronouns

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110569134012529765

#Canada #1MillionMarch4Children #transphobia #FarRight #ChristianRight #SOGI

Cross-country rallies against 'gender ideology' in schools met with counter-protests

Heated exchanges between protesters and counter-protesters are taking place across the country today over school policies on gender identity.

CTVNews
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

Addendum 2 cont'd

* group "1MillionMarch4Children" unite rally participants against "gender ideology" in Cdn. schools
* say schools exposing children to inappropriate content: sexuality & gender identity, SOGI
* support policies req. parental consent

*rallies met w. counterprotesters who say those policies violate of children's rights
* transgender youth should not be outed to their parents by teachers

#Canada #education #SOGI #1MillionMarch4Children #transphobia #FarRight #ChristianRight

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

Addendum 3

[video] How to handle family talks about gender identity
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2265107523766

Gender identity is a topic that is coming up in the news often – and maybe at dinner tables as well.

Here’s what experts and one parent of a trans child say you should know about handling such a sensitive subject.

#Canada #1MillionMarch4Children #transphobia #TransYouth #TLM #TransLivesMatter #GenderIdentity #SelfIdentity #FarRight #ChristianRight #SOGI #neoconservatism

How to handle family talks about gender identity

Gender identity is a topic that is coming up in the news often – and maybe at dinner tables as well. Here’s what experts and one parent of a trans child say you should know about handling such a sensitive subject.

CBC
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

Addendum 4

Anti-LGBTQ+ ‘Million Man Marches’ Across Canada. Who's Behind Them, What Are They Really About?
Everything you need to know about the ‘one million march for children’ to stop the ‘indoctrination of children in public schools’
https://pressprogress.ca/anti-lgbtq-million-man-marches-are-being-held-across-canada-who-is-behind-them-and-what-are-they-really-about

* organizers rallying supporters behind vague slogans & careful talking points about“protecting children” & “parental rights”

#Canada #1MillionMarch4Children #transphobia #FarRight #ChristianRight #neoconservatism #populism #CultureWars

Anti-LGBTQ+ ‘Million Man Marches’ Are Being Held Across Canada. Who is Behind Them and What Are They Really Ab

Everything you need to know about the ‘one million march for children’ to stop the ‘indoctrination of children in public schools’

PressProgress
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

A4 cont'd

* many organizers, groups behind marches have well-documented track records opposing 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, protesting vaccines & public health order, or subscribing to wide range of far-right conspiratorial narratives
* 1MillionMarch4Children emerged following rally led by Christian Nationalist youth group & an anti-trans activist targeting 3 Ottawa-area schools 2023-06

#Canada #1MillionMarch4Children #transphobia #FarRight #ChristianRight #CultureWars

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

A4 cont'd 2/

* rally itself built atop months of protests targeting drag story time events across Canada
* organizers claim marches not against LGBTQIA+ rights
* yet heavily-qualified, carefully-worded denials contradict other statement
* organizers have histories of making homophobic statements; enforcing rigid, hard-line ideas about sexuality & gender
* connections w. extreme far-right

#Canada #1MillionMarch4Children #transphobia #FarRight #ChristianRight #CultureWars

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

A4 cont'd 3/

* admins of official “One Million March For Freedom” Facebook group linked to “Hands Off Our Children”
* lists group of socially conservative Muslim activists & contributor to American right-wing website as spokespersons
* Kamel El-Cheikh, Dr. Bahira Abdulsalam, Mahmoud Mourra, David Krayden

#Canada #1MillionMarch4Children #transphobia #FarRight #ChristianRight #CultureWars #KamelElCheikh

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

A4 cont'd 4/

* Kamel El-Cheikh: history of staging anti-LGBTQ+ protests at Ottawa school board meetings
* outspoken critic of lockdowns & masks during COVID-19 pandemic
* vocal supporter of 2022 Freedom Convoy occupation of Ottawa
* 2023-06: El-Cheikh involved w. rally targeting Ottawa-area schools
* prolific on social media, repeatedly posting homophobic, misogynistic content

#Canada #1MillionMarch4Children #transphobia #FarRight #ChristianRight #CultureWars #KamelElCheikh #misogyny

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

A4 cont'd 5/

* Mahmoud Mourra organized Calgary anti-LGBTQ events
* recently charged w. hate-motivated criminal harassment
* appeared at event w. Conservative MP

* Bahira Abdulsalam promoted “million man marches” on far-right convoy-adjacent livestreams

* David Krayden: conservative media personality;contributor: Western Standard; Post Millennial
* previously served as Ottawa bureau chief for U.S. right-wing website

#Canada #1MillionMarch4Children #FarRight #BahiraAbdulsalam #DavidKrayden

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

A4 cont'd 6/

* “Hands Off Our Children” co-promoted events alongside Christian Nationalist youth group “Save Canada”
* Josh Alexander, founder of “Save Canada,” lead organizer of 2023-06 controversial rally targeting Ottawa schools alongside anti-trans activist “Billboard Chris
* “Save Canada” receives legal support f. right-wing evangelical group Liberty Coalition Canada

#Canada #1MillionMarch4Children #transphobia #FarRight #ChristianRight #SaveCanada #BillboardChris #JoshAlexander

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

A4 cont'd 7/

* Liberty Coalition Canada seeks $1.3M million to recruit 100s fundamentalist Christians to run for all levels of office
*goal of “calibrating the laws to align w. Biblical principles”
* Josh Alexander, Billboard Chris appeared at secret mtg., Toronto’s Albany Club attended by prominent Canadian conservatives 2 mo. earlier
*promoted rally targeting Ottawa schools

#Canada #transphobia #FarRight #ChristianRight #SaveCanada #BillboardChris #JoshAlexander #DominionTheology #theocracy

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

A4 cont'd 8/

* 1MillionMarch4Children rec'd support f. far-right groups, online influencers
* Veterans For Freedom, far-right convoy group w.fmr. former Newfoundland Premier Briand Peckford as adviser, received support from Freedom Convoy leader Tom Marazzo

#Canada #1MillionMarch4Children #PierrePoilievre #ConservativeParty #VeteransForFreedom #Diagolon #transphobia #FarRight #ChristianRight #SaveCanada #BillboardChris #JoshAlexander #DominionTheology #theocracy

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

A4 cont'd 9/

* Veterans For Freedom key role in organizing James Topp’s 2021-07-01 Ottawa march joined by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre
* VFF partnered w. anti-public health & anti-vaccine groups
* vocal in supporting Save Canada and extremist online community called Diagolon

#Canada #1MillionMarch4Children #PierrePoilievre #ConservativeParty #VeteransForFreedom #Diagolon #transphobia #FarRight #ChristianRight #SaveCanada #BillboardChris #JoshAlexander #DominionTheology #theocracy

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

Addendum 5

Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson: Willful Engagement w. Anti-2SLGBTQ+ Movement Concerning
https://pressprogress.ca/manitoba-pc-leader-heather-stefansons-willful-engagement-with-anti-2slgbtq-movement-concerning-advocates-say

* Stefanson called out by 2SLGBTQ+ advocates for “willful engagement” w. far-right movements trying to ban books about LGBTQ & sexual health content in schools

Heather Stefanson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Stefanson

https://persagen.com/docs/heather_stefanson.html

#Canada #Manitoba #education #SOGI #1MillionMarch4Children #ConservativeParty #HeatherStefanson #transphobia #FarRight #ChristianRight

Manitoba PC Leader Heather Stefanson’s ‘Willful Engagement’ with Anti-2SLGBTQ+ Movement Concerning, Advocates

“I have no doubt that the Premier is aware of what she's doing here”

PressProgress
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

Addendum 6

Vancouver's mayor condemns planned anti-LGBTQ2S+ protests
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-s-mayor-condemns-planned-anti-lgbtq2s-protests-1.6569775

* Vancouver mayor Ken Sim added his voice to chorus of officials condemning anti-LGBTQ2S+ protests planned in B.C. & across Canada 2023-09-20
* group called 1MillionMarch4Children
* Ken Sim described protests as rooted in ignorance & bigotry

#Canada #Vancouver #education #SOGI #1MillionMarch4Children #transphobia #FarRight #ChristianRight #theocracy #DominionTheology #neoconservatism #CultureWars

Vancouver's mayor condemns planned anti-LGBTQ2S+ protests

Vancouver's mayor has added his voice to the chorus of officials condemning anti-LGBTQ2S+ protests planned to take place in B.C. Wednesday.

British Columbia
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

A6 cont'd

Ken Sim:
"So let's be absolutely clear: every member of the 2SLGBTQI+ community in our city, especially those being targeted for being transgender, should feel loved and celebrated for who they are, & we hope they know that this mayor & council will always stand by their side, shoulder to shoulder with them."

* 2023-09-19: B.C. premier, B.C. human rights commissioner, teachers' union issued sim. statements denouncing protests
* all noted marked/concerning incr. in attacks on LGBTQ2S+

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

Addendum 7

How the ‘parental rights’ movement gave rise to the 1 Million March 4 Children
https://theconversation.com/how-the-parental-rights-movement-gave-rise-to-the-1-million-march-4-children-213842

* 1,000s protesters/counter-protesters across Canada clashed over rights of trans children & youth
* 2023-09-20 “1 Million March 4 Children” part of widespread, growing “parental rights” movement targeting inclusive public education

#Canada #AntiHate #1MillionMarch4Children #transphobia #ChristianRight #DominionTheology #theocracy #FarRight #Policy713 #MoeScott

How the 'parental rights' movement gave rise to the 1 Million March 4 Children

The ‘parental rights’ movement isn’t actually about education or protecting children — it is a conduit for right-wing extremism that will only harm 2SLGBTQIA+ youth.

The Conversation
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

A7 cont'd

* influencing provincial politics
* Policy 713, New Brunswick: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110569134012529765
* Saskatchewan: Premier Scott Moe plans to introduce anti-trans legislation
* Moe will use notwithstanding clause to override the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms that prohibits discrimination based on gender identity, expression

Important Context About “1 Million March 4 Children” 👍️
https://www.antihate.ca/1_million_march_4_children

#Canada #transphobia #ChristianRight #Policy713 #MoeScott #CultureWars #SOGI

Important Context About the “1 Million March 4 Children”

Anti-2SLGBTQ+ activists have organized a “1 Million March 4 Children” on September 20th. They want to eliminate Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) curriculum and policies from Canadian schools. Here are the people behind it.

Canadian Anti-Hate Network
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 20, 2023

Addendum 8

B.C. Parent Advisory Councils voice support for SOGI in face of protests
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-parent-advisory-councils-voice-support-for-sogi-in-face-of-protests-1.6570246

* District Parent Advisory Councils around British Columbia signed public statement supporting inclusion of sexual orientation & gender identity in education
* protestors advocate for elimination of SOGI curriculum, pronouns, gender ideology & mixed bathrooms in schools

#Canada #BritishColumbia #transphobia #TransLivesMatter #ChristianRight #CultureWars #SOGI #populism #neoconservatism

B.C. Parent Advisory Councils voice support for SOGI in face of protests

A dozen District Parent Advisory Councils from around B.C. have signed onto a public statement supporting the inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity in education, as marches calling for the end of such inclusion unfolded across the province Wednesday.

British Columbia
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Dark money in Canada too, I see.