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Protests continue in Calgary over transgender change rooms, drag events

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Around 250 people showed up at two opposing rallies in downtown Calgary on Saturday.

The two groups of protestors were separated by MacLeod Trail — on one side were worried about transgender individuals in change rooms and children being exposed to drag shows.

“I’m here to protect the rights of children to be safe and secure,” said protester Judy Frame. “Women and children should be safe and everyone has rights.”

There have been demonstrations outside a local pool recently based on allegations of indecent exposure in a change room, but Calgary police say the incident did not take place as reported on social media and there was no act of indecent exposure.

Supporters of transgender rights say transgender women have the absolute right to use the women’s change room.

“If you want to control what your children see, fine, that’s your truth, but just take yourself into a different area. Don’t try and make other people go by your way of living. If you don’t want to see somebody naked, you can change that for yourself. You can’t make the rest of the world do it for you,” said Arifah Abkey, who was at the counter-protest on Saturday.

The Calgary Public Library postponed a drag story time event that was supposed to be held on Saturday at the Southwood branch in the interest of ensuring safety.

The postponement came after Calgary police charged a local pastor in relation to an incident during a similar event last weekend.

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