Toronto saw its first major demonstration Sunday against Donald Trump’s surprise presidential election win, a rally that saw hundreds blaming his victory on the rise in the U.S. and Canada of racism, sexism, and intolerance toward the LGBTQ community.

“There are people here who are asking why the hell are we going to all this fuss about an election that happened in another country, about the president of a country we don’t live in,” Qaiser Ali, 22, an organizer in Toronto’s queer and transgender community, told the protest at Nathan Phillips Square, where it kicked off.

He later added: “we have a duty to resist tyranny wherever it may read its ugly head. No border is holding the spread of this sickness.”

Carrying a huge sign that read “Make Racists Afraid Again” — a play on Trump’s campaign slogan — demonstrators marched on Queen St. to University Ave. and north one block to the U.S. Consulate, where they blocked southbound traffic on University.

Critics say Trump pandered to bigots and sexists en route to his victory on Tuesday. During the Toronto rally, representatives from aboriginal groups and other minorities, women and members of the LGBTQ community expressed anger and concern that their groups will be targeted once Trump takes office in January.

“Losing a racist friend is so much better than tacitly approving of this rising tide,” community organizer Lane Patriquin, 22, told the rally, urging people to “call out” friends, relatives and coworkers who make intolerant or racist remarks.

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