A few hundred people met at the Alberta Legislature Wednesday evening to march in protest of the United Conservatives’ plan to remove protections for students in gay-straight alliances.

The rally was organized this week after UCP Leader Jason Kenney announced a government under his party would effectively undo the legislation that prevents educators from telling parents when children participate in a GSA club.

"The people that need access to GSAs the most are the people that don’t have that support at home. They don’t have that support in their communities and they need that safe space more than anyone else," said Wednesday's emcee David Cambell.

"I also happen to be a drag queen that performs a decent amount in the city and I would not be as confident or open a person as I am today if it weren’t for my high school’s GSA.”

One parent decided to join the march after seeing the tag #QueerKidsAB trend on Twitter.

"My child has participated in GSAs in the past, and also my child has participated in many clubs. I’ve never needed to be informed," said Bobbi Cullum.

"Especially in high school. I mean, they don’t even send us home notes anymore. We don’t need this kind of information.”

Those who met at the provincial grounds carried rainbow flags and signs reading: “Gay straight alliances save lives,” “Out UCP crooks not kids,” and “Silence is violence.”

Afterwards, the group walked to Kenney’s campaign headquarters.

On Tuesday—after receiving criticism about the party’s proposed education platform—Kenney said he thought it could be beneficial for parents to know when their child was participating in a GSA, but that the information would be shared at the school’s discretion.

“And I think that would be very rare,” he said on Tuesday. “Probably only dealing with very young kids or kids with unique emotional and mental health challenges.”

Campbell had a message for LGBTQ2S+ youth on Wednesday:

“If you are a queer student out there, I hope you know that many, many Albertans care about you and we’re here to show you that we support you.”