This article was for the 2023 Counter Protests. The article for the 2024 Counter Protests is here.
Updates
Anti-bigotry counter protests are being organized in five cities in Atlantic Canada.
On September 20th, groups of anti-trans bigots organising under the name “Hands Off Our Kids” are gathering to advocate the furthering of attacks on trans and queer youth.
We are asking that queer people and our allies also gather to disrupt their organising and remind them that their attacks on queer youth will not be tolerated.
Let us go down there and remind them that, as our forebears said:
We’re here - We’re queer - Get used to it!
Drums, pots and pans, noisemakers of all kinds are encouraged.
If they're coming to make their bigotry heard, let's drown them out
We encourage people to dress in black and bring masks both as a covid precaution and to protect our identities
We respect a diversity of tactics and will honour all expressions of queer rage.
Tell your friends you're going and stay informed of updates: click on the city name to get to the Facebook event:
- Charlottetown: Before 11:00 am, Allen St. Sobeys parking lot, or later, Rochford Square, the end of the march
- Corner Brook: 8:30am at the Corner Brook Public Library
- Halifax: Gather at 9:00 at City Hall
- Grand Falls Windsor: 9:00 am at Exploits Valley Mall parking lot
- St. John’s: 8:30am at the Confederation Building
- Sydney: 9:00 at CBRM Civic Center
Here's the full list of counter protests across Canada.
