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2/🧵 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Defend Trans Kids Wallingford Rd & Cassandra Blvd (North York) 10:30 AM on Sept. 22 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 On Friday the 22nd of September, anti-trans groups are marching on schools in Scarborough to intimidate students there. While planned by the fundamentalists of 😫Save Canada, and transphobic influencer 😫"Billboard" Chris, they are but part of a broader anti-trans push by major media outlets, as well as politicians like Pierre Poilievre, Doug Ford, Stephen Lecce, and 😫Maxime Bernier. This past June, Save Canada and Billboard Chris brought hundreds of transphobic supporters from across Canada to march on schools in an Ottawa suburb. In response, community members rallied twice that number and blocked the bigots in. ➡️ With your help, we can do the same. As multiply marginalized people, we know that community—not cops—is what keeps us safe. ➡️ From the everyday violence of the police against Black and Indigenous communities, to the brutal encampment clearings at Lamport and Trinity Bellwoods, to the monthly pre-pandemic anti-Islam rallies in Nathan Phillips Square, we see time and again how the police stand on the wrong side of history. We cannot rely on police to protect us from the growing far-right, which wants to legislate us out of existence in the seats of government and terrorize us in the streets. That’s why we’re calling for all our kin, our friends, and our allies to show up at Wallingford and Cassandra on the morning of the 22nd. We encourage community members to bring Pride flags, banners, and any supplies they can easily carry. Keep in mind, though, that the location is far from downtown, there is a possibility of a mobile defence, and you may have to leave anything too heavy behind in a hurry. While we’re doing everything we can to minimize risks to all participants, the reality is that many of our opponents will show up looking to harm trans people and our friends. That means they may be physically aggressive, but also that they may film and try to identify (“dox”) our side to target for harassment online. (continued...) #AlertaAlertaAntifascista #TorontoActions #TransRightsAreHumanRights #FuckHomophobes #FuckHomophobia #FuckTransphobia #WhoKeepsUsSafe #CommunityDefence #FashWatch #FashWatchCanada #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/060/507/795/941/582/original/bb7a3f7a3c653042.jpeg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/060/510/615/579/595/original/05b65ea3c7a1d0f0.jpeg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/060/514/336/616/865/original/f277f38d39a5f311.jpeg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/060/518/287/525/947/original/cf8d4099ab455b35.jpeg