No contest this evening in Mercier-Est, where ~250 drag defenders gathered and held the block surrounding the Maison des familles for roughly 2 hours with music, banners, snacks and rainbow-colored umbrellas. François Amalega was late to his own protest, claiming to have been attacked by antifa outside his home in the afternoon, his car tires slashed and his phone stolen. Only five other transphobes showed up and had to be protected by lines of police while they stood sadly on the sidewalk in the rain. The drag queen story hour with Barbada went ahead in a different location, and the drag defenders left in a festive march through the neighborhood.

Photo via @celestetrianon on insta.