Under a new policy in New Brunswick, public school educators could not identify students under 16 by their preferred names or pronouns unless the students had permission from their parents.
As a leader of her high school’s gender and sexuality alliance, Emmanuelle Jackson says she saw the difference that Policy 713 made in the lives of students.
said, because they fear the changes risk outing students who might be in harm’s way at home or who fear their parents might not be supportive. “It’s sad to see, honestly.”The changes introduced by Premier Blaine Higgs, which go into effect on Saturday, have drawn wide opposition from LGBTQ students and their advocates, civil liberties groups, the province’s child and youth advocate — and notably, members of Higgs’s own conservativeStudents have staged school walkouts.
In the United States, Republicans are taking aim at LGBTQ rights with legislation that limits what schools may teach about gender identity and how students identify themselves.Their Canadian counterparts have had far less success. But advocates for the LGBTQ community fear that the U.S. debate is shaping how their opponents think and talk about the issue — and the tactics they are employing.
high school teacher who co-chairs the group Pride in Education and was involved in the development of Policy 713.
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