New Brunswick’s debate over trans student policy is bigger than one province
Many participants in this backlash against LGBTQ people claim they are opposing a radical plan to indoctrinate children and groom them for sexual abuse. In reality, children’s safety and well-being are being used as a cover to advance an agenda of hatred – which is now seeping into Canada’s political system.a new version
of its policy on sexual orientation and gender identity. Policy 713, which has been in place since August, 2020, “sets minimum requirements for school districts and public schools to create a safe, welcoming, inclusive, and affirming school environment” for all who identify as LGBTQ.– particularly ones that relate to the ability of trans students to specify what name and pronouns should be used for them if they are under 16.
that school staff “don’t have a choice to comply with [student] wishes, they have to have parental consent” to honour requests around names and pronouns if the student is under 16. The government has consistently defended this change by citing parents’ rights and the fact that teachers are in a position of public trust with parents. For weeks, Premier Blaine Higgs has expressed concern over his perception that parents are increasingly sidelined in children’s lives. Mr. Hogan has also bluntly stated that “children don’t belong to the state.”
But children also don’t belong to their parents, as if they are property. That’s why human rights extend to children directly, and the reason that New Brunswick is among the many jurisdictions withTrans students are a tiny minority within schools. They face unique challenges, includingthan their cisgender peers owing to intersecting factors such as discrimination, social rejection and lack of support.
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