Three people were arrested on Montreal's South Shore on Sunday after a book reading featuring a popular drag queen sparked a protest. The st
Three people were arrested on Montreal's South Shore on Sunday after a book reading featuring a popular drag queen sparked a protest.
The storytelling event in the City of Saint-Catherine with Barbada de Barbades moved to a secret location in light of a protest planned by Francois Amalega Bitondo, who is known for planning anti-vaccine demonstrations.
In response, supporters of the LGBTQ2S+ community formed a counter-protest under the banner "Yes to drag queens everywhere."
"You cannot just let people attack your existence to the point where you're no longer allowed to live safely," said trans advocate Celeste Trianon.
"If it were not for the counter-protesters. I would not have felt safe alone, that's for sure," said Trianon. "I was threatened and called a fascist on at least five different occasions in the span of a minute." [...]
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