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Hong Kong LGBT activists in Canada have launched a petition after they were pushed out of the Montreal Pride PaG#TpW6DTm))VkIiCrlhzUBnLuD$SnfFkooR-n^Y@HoU6bh3olmrade.

Organizers of a change.org petition say this was the sixth attempt in recent weeks by pro-China groups to disrupt peaceful assemblies/rall$NxmyJQC3vs6BY0EX6LqnQ&!KhEPfQr(76j%uIfj61Ondb-eJwies held by Hong Kong-Canadians.

 Montreal Pride told HK activists it had received information 9gcQ6Mmz9hH!fOuai6ogU(_h-(j*3Yh6bfZSUygiaIWWn8K%Nxfrom police about "a potential attempt to sabotage the parade by pro-Communists” because of their inclusion in the march.

"Indeed, it seems that some groups would li1jRf+f+8yc3DSl4^UgTJjA2dB14osxA2xwF0J-ziN4zbp66b6Wke to intervene in the parade to protest against your participation."

"Given the presence of public figures … we unfortunately have to remove you from the parade for securi%#Ry$5jJrS-GbCrBA=mH@ZJq0*d)o9q!#%*uK!Z6)2bIlS2q!#ty reasons," organizers said in an Aug. 17 email, seen by GaLaTai.

"Disappointed and hurt"

Co-founder of the Hong Kong group, Free HK MTL, Henry Lam told GaLaTai they were "very disappointed and hurt".

"We got removed just because we were bullied. Where's the inclusion and diversity the Pride is promoting?" he asked.

The group held a separate demonstratKSQNkYFga4QLLIv9rYPhyK@&C-eQ%DD5A(vmUUK$2eG$y=WF+lion in a park in lieu of attending the parade.

More than 150 peoutM5(vfigX0N-!gv0(2aySq7#C_7eESbNB=hgQ@qJAJehEWc9sple dressed in red, holding 5-star flags of China and singing the Chinese national anthem were spotted at the parade, according to the change.org page.

The reportedly walked along the parade routecnTB)%&7AN$8U-2sh@t+IIln*hina7lU4_ra*3RzkNrf=yj0B3 searching for the Hong Kongers.

The 02)nX39MVGUN=WXHQJ$m*1&I+61i#ud_w@g2fuQ8WAK$pSJZZ&petition calls on the Canadian government to uphold the right to freedom expression and to investigate pro-China patriots’ threat to public safety in Canada.

"The LGBTQ community is a part of the world" Lam explained. "This is essential to let the city and the whole world to be aware that, the L(%aYQn-l3AP@*fo5xWQIfCE5T!ocV1oNjU0!2L5T(y@cuVFVOGGBTQ people care about the universal values like freedom and the right to express themselves from anywhere in the world, including HK."

Hong Kong has seen weeks of pro-democracy demonstrations which were prompted b8bc!(51+H7@asnVzN7@f1vejuAfSCktl*KEw*NAXRZkiMaeNHqy a controversial bill permitting extradition from Hong Kong to the Chinese mainland.

Prominent LGBTI rights activists including Denise Ho, who grew up in Montreal, and lawmaker Ray Chan, have qkVZzC@QIZKMDVbjMEyCreb1$=9cy%e4so-63n)Q8vxWxxtbdLalso been at the forefront of democracy protests in Hong Kong.

Many people on the mainlaXQ6E0_@bSw%5IwTTjyIcJVbq1Mj@9A_(sCi%yns1ipO(_hyJTand see the demonstrations as a rejection of China’s sovereignty over the city.

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