The Williams Lake Pride Society (WLPS) and its supporters will march through the city on Saturday, Oct. 18, to advocate for trans rights.

The day of action was planned in response to a bill put forward in B.C. Legislature on Oct. 8 called the Protecting Minors from Gender Transition Act (Bill M216), which Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Lorne Doerkson voted to consider for debate.

"It was a blindside," said Billie Sheridan, the WLPS' public relations officer and organizer of the march. She is a trans woman and said the 2SLGBTQAI+ community feels Doerkson has turned his back on them after years of showing his support.

The Oct. 8 vote was on a motion to have Bill M216 introduced for first reading. If the motion passed, the bill would then be debated at a later date and would still have at least fi

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