TORONTO (LifeSiteNews) — A group of young Canadians held a large protest Wednesday in front of York Mills Collegiate Institute in Toronto after the high school decided to host a drag queen event for some of its students.
Leading Wednesday’s protest was the pro-family volunteer organization Save Canada, along with one of its flagship members Josh Alexander, the now-well-known 16-year-old Ontario high school student who drew international headlines earlier this year when he was suspended indefinitely and arrested after he opposed gender ideology at his Catholic school in Renfrew, Ontario.
Footage of the protest, captured by True North’s Harrison Faulkner, shows a sizable number of students and parents present at the demonstration, along with a fair number of Toronto Police Service officers.
Speaking to True North, Alexander explained that the issue with the event – which was advertised by the school as the “International Day of Pink: Commemorating the Stonewall Riots and Birth of World Pride” – is that “we have kids being indoctrinated in the education system,” and that such indoctrination poses a “threat” to those who hold traditional values.
Students who attend the school were also present at the protest, with one teenage boy calling the event “disgusting and pedophilic,” and telling the outlet he doesn’t believe “it’s the government’s business” or the “left-wing media’s business” with respect to how “children choose to identify.”
Josh Alexander is facing expulsion for defying the LGBT agenda at St. Joseph’s High School! Finish his brave mission now!
St. Joseph’s High School has suspended Josh Alexander — and is now considering his expulsion — for daring to challenge the LGBT “transgender” agenda.
Josh Alexander refused to sit idly by while deluded young men gained access to the women’s restroom — all by pretending to be women.
Young women should not be manipulated in this way, and deserve safe bathrooms without young men in them!
Taking action into his own hands, Josh led a school-wide WALKOUT in open defiance of St. Joseph’s transgender policy — demanding that St. Joseph’s High School STOP this immorality.
This is when the school took action against Josh Alexander and suspended him!
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This attack on truth and blatant rejection of the Catholicism — from a Catholic school — cannot be tolerated.
People of faith, good will, and common sense must stand up and say — ENOUGH.
Do not remain silent – your voice is powerful, so make your voice heard!
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Josh Alexander may be expelled for fighting against these attacks by himself.
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Another teenage boy told True Norththat he believes children should “never be sexualized,” and explained that only a select few students were even allowed to attend the pro-LGBT event as a way to control the narrative and stifle dissent.
“Kids go to school to learn English, math, science, to socialize with friends, phys-ed, [and] gender identity stuff shouldn’t be taught in schools,” a third young man remarked.
The protest comes on the heels of a radical piece of legislation introduced in the province by far-left New Democratic Party (NDP) of Ontario MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam.
Wong-Tam’s legislation, Bill 94, is titled the “Keeping 2SLGBTQI+ Communities Safe Act, 2023,” and seeks to ban anyone from protesting within 100 meters of drag queen story hours or any other “2SLGBTQI+” designated events.
Critics of the bill have accused it of being an attempt to normalize “institutionalized grooming,” and even Twitter CEO Elon Musk expressed shock when learning about the proposed law.
While the bill may not pass, as the NDP is not the ruling party in Ontario, a similar bylaw was passed last month in the city of Calgary, Alberta.