Boards are urging schools to both automatically honour request to change a student’s name and pronouns, and not to tell parents if requested
An Alberta Health Service spokesman says when schools make referrals, the clinic “will work with staff … to ensure the family and appropriate community and school-based providers are working together and in the best interest of the patient.”
“My real concern here is that people are using schools and the education system for decisions that should be made in the medical system,” said Cantor, now a private-practice psychologist and a prominent critic of the affirmation approach. Noting that she has a number of friends and acquaintances with children coming out as trans, the mother said she wished the school required parents to at least sign off on gender-related name changes, giving families more chance to discuss the matter.Article content
A father in north-central Ontario who asked to be identified only as Frank said he did not complain after his then-transitioning daughter’s school adopted her new male name and pronouns. But he raised a fuss when, soon into her transition, she was assigned to a hotel room with three boys for an out-of-town trip, an arrangement he said even his child found uncomfortable.
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