LGBTQ2S+ rights: 100 attend controversial Alberta protest [Video]

Roughly 100 people gathered in an Edmonton intersection on Friday in support of – and against – the 1 Million March for Children.

Event organizers insist the protest held outside the Alberta Teachers’ Association headquarters in west Edmonton is about protecting kids.

Critics say it’s about spreading hate against the LGBTQ2S+ community.

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Benita Pedersen, the organizer of the Edmonton protest, said Friday parental rights are under threat due to what she calls “expanding gender ideology” in schools.

“So long as a teacher teaches to the Alberta curriculum, it’s OK, but sometimes, they add in these extra things,” she said.

“Those things are making parents uncomfortable.”

Alberta Teachers’ Association President Jason Schilling said he is “extremely disappointed to see that, once again, we have a group of individuals who have fallen victim to disinformation about what is happening in our schools.”

He …