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People attend a rally opposing the Saskatchewan government’s proposed legislation on pronoun policy in front of the Saskatchewan Legislature in Regina, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Saskatchewan politicians are to return to the legislature today for third reading on the government’s proposed pronoun bill. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu

Controversial Saskatchewan school pronoun bill now law

Kids under 16 can’t change names or pronouns at school without receiving parental consent

 

Heather Kuttai, a commissioner with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, says in a letter that she is resigning immediately because of the province’s proposed legislation that requires parental permission if a child wants to change their name or pronoun at school. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe speaks to the media at the Saskatchewan legislature in Regina, on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu

Human rights commissioner resigns over Saskatchewan pronoun bill

‘The assault on human rights of children really drove it home for me and my family’

 

The Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, Saturday, August 30, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

Transgender MLA aims to bring personal experience to justice, health issues

Manitoba politician aims to bring more gender-diverse voices into political sphere

 

People attend competing rallies in support of, and opposing the Saskatchewan government’s proposed legislation on pronoun policy in front of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. The Saskatchewan government plans to invoke the notwithstanding clause to override a judge’s injunction and introduce legislation about the province’s pronoun policy in school. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu

Hundreds rally as Saskatchewan pronoun bill nears introduction

Saskatchewan bill on trans name use in schools, notwithstanding clause coming later this week: Moe

People attend competing rallies in support of, and opposing the Saskatchewan government’s proposed legislation on pronoun policy in front of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. The Saskatchewan government plans to invoke the notwithstanding clause to override a judge’s injunction and introduce legislation about the province’s pronoun policy in school. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
Police stand between protesters opposed to gender diversity in schools, right, and counter-protesters advocating for trans rights, left, in Halifax on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. Protests and counter-protests for and against Canada’s trans and 2SLGBTQIA+ community were planned across Canada by “1MillionMarch4Children” who are against so-called “gender ideology” being taught in schools. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Gender identity policies spark rallies and counter-rallies across Canada

Crowds gather to yell and chant at each other about the way schools instruct sexuality

Police stand between protesters opposed to gender diversity in schools, right, and counter-protesters advocating for trans rights, left, in Halifax on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. Protests and counter-protests for and against Canada’s trans and 2SLGBTQIA+ community were planned across Canada by “1MillionMarch4Children” who are against so-called “gender ideology” being taught in schools. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
A rally and counter-protest about school policies on gender identity were held outside the B.C. legislature on Wednesday (Sept. 20).

‘Unsafe’: Victoria police ask protesters on SOGI issue to vacate legislature

Rallies and counter-protests took place at the B.C. legislature and across Canada Wednesday

A rally and counter-protest about school policies on gender identity were held outside the B.C. legislature on Wednesday (Sept. 20).
Politicians and others who support policies that would require parental permission for teachers to use a student’s preferred pronouns at school say they are about including parents in the lives of their children. Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah, the executive director of the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity. Owusu-Akyeeah, in her role as a commissioner for the Ottawa People’s Commission on the Convoy Occupation, speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Debate over pronouns pits parental rights against children’s, experts say

New Brunswick, Saskatchewan making it requirement for schools to get parental consent for name change

Politicians and others who support policies that would require parental permission for teachers to use a student’s preferred pronouns at school say they are about including parents in the lives of their children. Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah, the executive director of the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity. Owusu-Akyeeah, in her role as a commissioner for the Ottawa People’s Commission on the Convoy Occupation, speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
A man is silhouetted walking past a Conservative Party logo before the opening of the party’s national convention in Halifax on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The Conservative party’s first openly trans candidate says she wasn’t surprised delegate voted against gender-affirming care but warns of harm “the transphobic language” could cause if it becomes a law. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Transgender Tory says new policy a matter of life and death

Conservatives adopt policy prohibiting ‘medicinal or surgical interventions’ for transgender kids

A man is silhouetted walking past a Conservative Party logo before the opening of the party’s national convention in Halifax on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The Conservative party’s first openly trans candidate says she wasn’t surprised delegate voted against gender-affirming care but warns of harm “the transphobic language” could cause if it becomes a law. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Women and Gender Equality and Youth Minister Marci Ien rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. Canada’s minister for women, gender equality and youth says Saskatchewan and New Brunswick’s decision to require students under 16 have parental consent to have schools use their preferred pronoun and names places trans kids in a “life or death situation.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Trans kids in ‘life-or-death situation’ under new policies: feds

Gender minister Marci Ien says Ottawa watching Saskatchewan and New Brunswick changes closely

Women and Gender Equality and Youth Minister Marci Ien rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. Canada’s minister for women, gender equality and youth says Saskatchewan and New Brunswick’s decision to require students under 16 have parental consent to have schools use their preferred pronoun and names places trans kids in a “life or death situation.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

As premiers talk gender and kids, Poilievre’s grassroots ask same of him

Conservative leader has not on his own veered into talking about gender-related matters

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
The Saskatchewan government says schools must now seek parental consent when children under 16 years old want to change their names and pronouns. Saskatchewan Education Minister Dustin Duncan speaks to the media in Regina, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu

Saskatchewan: parental consent needed for student name, pronoun change

Province wants to standardize pronoun and naming policies

The Saskatchewan government says schools must now seek parental consent when children under 16 years old want to change their names and pronouns. Saskatchewan Education Minister Dustin Duncan speaks to the media in Regina, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
The University of Victoria is home to the world’s largest Transgender Archives. (Graphic from Aaron Devor).

B.C. attracting researchers as home to world’s largest transgender archives

Visitors come from all over the world to study the archives at the University of Victoria

The University of Victoria is home to the world’s largest Transgender Archives. (Graphic from Aaron Devor).
FILE - Norwegian Magnus Carlsen of SG Alpine Warriors plays against Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Chingari Gulf Titans during Global Chess League in Dubai United Arab Emirates, on July 1, 2023. The world’s top chess federation on Monday has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for women until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials. Word of the decision comes as the federation is hosting a World Cup event in Azerbaijan, where top players including No. 1-ranked Grand Master Magnus Carlsen of Norway were attending. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in women’s events

Ban will be in place until full assessment of gender change is made by federation officials

FILE - Norwegian Magnus Carlsen of SG Alpine Warriors plays against Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Chingari Gulf Titans during Global Chess League in Dubai United Arab Emirates, on July 1, 2023. The world’s top chess federation on Monday has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for women until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials. Word of the decision comes as the federation is hosting a World Cup event in Azerbaijan, where top players including No. 1-ranked Grand Master Magnus Carlsen of Norway were attending. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
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Sentence cut for trans youth’s dad, who went public despite B.C. court order

Youth took father to court to stop him giving media interviews about child’s gender dysphoria

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Pennsylvania’s Lia Thomas competes in the 200 freestyle finals at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships Friday, March 18, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Thomas finished tied for fifth place. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Transgender swimmers to be included in the trial of an open category

‘Our sport must be open to everybody’

Pennsylvania’s Lia Thomas competes in the 200 freestyle finals at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships Friday, March 18, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Thomas finished tied for fifth place. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
FILE - UCI President David Lappartient, right, speaks to the media about the fight against technological fraud during a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, March 21, 2018. Female transgender athletes who transitioned after male puberty will no longer be able to compete in women’s races, world cycling governing body the UCI said Friday, July 14, 2023. Despite the ban, Lappartient said “the UCI would like to reaffirm that cycling — as a competitive sport, leisure activity or means of transport — is open to everyone, including transgender people, whom we encourage like everyone else to take part in our sport.”(Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

World cycling body bans female transgender athletes from women’s events

The International Cycling Union joins track and field and swimming in the stance

FILE - UCI President David Lappartient, right, speaks to the media about the fight against technological fraud during a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, March 21, 2018. Female transgender athletes who transitioned after male puberty will no longer be able to compete in women’s races, world cycling governing body the UCI said Friday, July 14, 2023. Despite the ban, Lappartient said “the UCI would like to reaffirm that cycling — as a competitive sport, leisure activity or means of transport — is open to everyone, including transgender people, whom we encourage like everyone else to take part in our sport.”(Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)
A man ripped down the trans flag in front of the Kelowna Art Gallery on June 2. (Kelowna RCMP/Submitted) A man ripped down the trans flag in front of the Kelowna Art Gallery on June 2. (Kelowna RCMP/Submitted)

Kelowna RCMP identify man who ripped down trans flag, investigation ongoing

The Kelowna RCMP have found and talked to the suspect

A man ripped down the trans flag in front of the Kelowna Art Gallery on June 2. (Kelowna RCMP/Submitted) A man ripped down the trans flag in front of the Kelowna Art Gallery on June 2. (Kelowna RCMP/Submitted)
Tai August fitting a young person with a breast binder in Salmon Arm. (Tai August/Submitted)

Gender-affirming care for youth is lifesaving, say B.C. experts

Transgender youth are at increased risk of mental distress without access to gender affirming care

Tai August fitting a young person with a breast binder in Salmon Arm. (Tai August/Submitted)
B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference announcing the new Richmond Lions Manor-Fentiman care home, in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday, June 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

David Eby calls banners over B.C. highway ‘hateful’ and ‘reprehensible’

British Columbia Premier David Eby says “hateful” banners aimed at transgender people…

B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference announcing the new Richmond Lions Manor-Fentiman care home, in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday, June 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Jennifer Charlesworth, B.C.’s representative for children and youth is seen in Victoria on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. Charlesworth says her office conducted a review of critical injury and death reports of youth between 2018 and 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dirk Meissner

Anti-trans hate speech causing ‘great harm,’ to gender-diverse children: Report

Representative for Children and Youth calls on government to address disinformation, discrimination

Jennifer Charlesworth, B.C.’s representative for children and youth is seen in Victoria on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. Charlesworth says her office conducted a review of critical injury and death reports of youth between 2018 and 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dirk Meissner