Premier Smith meets with members of Alta. LGBTQ community [Video]

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith held a closed-door meeting Friday morning with members of Calgary’s LGBTQ community, but more than 100 protesters outside the building say the consultation was held ‘in secret’ and with ‘hand-picked organizations.’

The protest in support of transgender rights was organized by Queer Citizens United (QCU), a local group that aims to help defend queer spaces and build solidarity amongst those who are marginalized.

The organizers of the protest say the groups involved in the meeting don’t represent all members of the queer community and worry it will negatively affect future provincial policies they call ‘transphobic’ which were announced in February.

“When they announced these policies, they didn’t invite us and that’s why we were upset today too because there were no trans health care professionals in that meeting,” said QCU member Victoria Bucholtz.

“The vast majority of the pride community is not there today and we …