Muslim group demands apology, nuance from Trudeau after condemning ‘parental rights’ protest

Lack of nuance from LGBTQ+ allies on gender identity protests veer into Islamophobia, allowing the ‘parental rights’ slogan to become a ‘bludgeon’ against the community, say transgender and Muslim advocates.

Parental rights protestors gathered on Parliament Hill on Sept. 20 for one of the '1 Million March for Children' rallies held across Canada, opposing teaching about gender and sexual identity in schools and in support of parents' rights to decide their children's moral and social upbringing.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

October 4, 2023

The Muslim Association of Canada is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to apologize for what it says was a condemnation of Muslim parents who participated in recent protests centred on gender and sexual education in schools as “uniformly” homophobic or transphobic....

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