The union representing Ontario secondary school teachers is slamming Premier Doug Ford and Education Minister Stephen Lecce for suggesting that public educators are trying to “indoctrinate” kids who decide to use different pronouns.
“OSSTF/FEESO resoundingly rejects statements made by Premier Doug Ford and Minister of Education Stephen Lecce that attempt to manufacture false divisions between parents, educators, and students over issues of student privacy and gender expression,” the Ontario secondary school teachers federation said in a statement released Wednesday.
Lecce said last month that “parents must be fully involved and fully aware of what's happening in the life of their children,” particularly when it comes to “life-changing decisions.” In their statement Wednesday, the union slammed both Ford and Lecce and said the comments put kids at risk. “Supporting students through their decisions around gender expression is an important part of helping young people in their right to self determination. Denying students their autonomy to choose how they self-identify can affect their sense of self-worth and can cause emotional and social distress, leading to negative mental health outcomes, such as self-harm, bullying, and other forms of exclusion. In turn, this distress can adversely impact a student’s achievement and success in school.
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