Editor's Note: This story was updated after original publication to include more context about the 1 Million March 4 Children.

Hundreds of protestors and counter-protestors gathered outside McGill’s Roddick Gates over inclusive education Wednesday morning.

The result was a raucous standoff lasting until early afternoon, with the two groups separated by Montreal police.

Wednesday’s protest was one of many taking place across the country under the banner of the “1 Million March 4 Children,” a campaign seeking to remove discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity from school curricula. 

Drag queen Uma Gahd was there to lend support to queer and, especially, trans people, who have become a "culture war" issue in recent years.

“I’m old enough to remember a time when 'trans' wasn’t even a word that most people knew," Uma Gahd said. "And now we’ve come so far, I can’t let us go backwards.”

Burlesque performer Bebe-elle echoed that, saying, “if I have to stand here every day in protest against homophobes, in protest for trans lives, I’ll do that.”

Protestors played the Canadian anthem and held coordinated signs with slogans like “say no to gender indoctrination” and “I belong to my parents.” A dominant theme was that of "parents’ rights," which protestors say trump those of schools to teach gender and sexuality inclusivity.

Because of the contentious nature of the protests, many of the people there asked to remain anonymous when speaking with CKUT.

One protestor, who asked to remain anonymous, suggested a degree of tolerance for what people do in private: “They have to accept us, and we have to accept them.”

But she said teaching acceptance was a bridge too far: “They cannot come and impose messages and (a) way of thinking.”

Police say the protests were finished by 2:15 p.m., with no arrests.

With files from Wendy Zhao.

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