Emily’s story I was born in Mississauga. I have what most people would think of as a normal family; a Mom, a Dad, and a brother. My big brother was important to me. When I was younger I hung around a lot of his friends. I was a bit of…
Poilievre’s Opinion on Puberty Blockers is Not Enough
The debate over the accessibility of medical interventions for minor children who identify as “trans” continues to heat up in Canada. Pierre Poilievre was asked a very direct question yesterday in a media scrum “You’re against puberty blockers for children under 18?” “Yes” was his answer. He said adults should…
Alberta to curb gender medicalization of children and revamp policy in schools and sport
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith issued a 7 minute statement yesterday to announce that gender identity policy changes are coming. The Premiers of New Brunswick and Saskatchewan have come under fire for announcing similar policies. Quebec announced that it will conduct a review of gender identity policies in schools and the…
Mom’s Letter Highlights Differences Between Canada and UK on Childhood Gender Transition and Gender Self-id
Rational public discourse has been happening in the UK and northern Europe about the risks of childhood gender transition and the responsibility that our leaders and clinicians must bear to ensure young people are appropriately safeguarded from harm. Britain’s Secretary of State, Kemi Badenoch confronts all the issues head on…
Canadian Schools Guidance: Towards an Evidence-based Mental Health Focused Policy
New Gender Identity Policy Guidance The recent lawsuits filed against the governments of Saskatchewan and New Brunswick have presented the issue of gender identity in schools as a conflict between parents’ rights and the rights of children. In fact, the rights and best interests of children will be best served…
Truth & Reconciliation: What it means to me as a sterilized First Nations person
Lois submitted this essay to CBC, Globe & Mail, National Post, CTV, Edmonton Journal, and Calgary Herald. None of them replied to her. We had heard that CBC, in particular, looks for very diverse perspectives. Lois is a Cree transsexual living on a reserve in rural Alberta, yet her first-person account…
Top Surgery Generates Top Profits for Canadian Gender Surgeons
The following analysis was contributed by a Canadian physician What is Top Surgery? Since 2015, there has been an explosion in the number of teenagers and young adults presenting with gender dysphoria in Canada and the rest of the Western world. For the first time, the majority of those presenting…
Endocrine Society aligned with WPATH while UK says No to Routine Use of Puberty Blockers
UK Says NO to Routine Use of Puberty Blockers Europe continues to change course and adopt a cautious stance towards medicalizing gender non-conforming youth. The UK’s National Health Service announced the public consultation phase for their new policy on the treatment options for children with gender incongruence. They issued this summary…
New Brunswick Changes Controversial Policy of Keeping Minor’s Gender Identity a Secret from Parents
Contributed by a Canadian lawyer currently making time for her 2 children. On June 8, 2023, the education minister for New Brunswick announced changes to a controversial policy that required teachers and staff to use a child’s preferred pronouns and preferred name, without parental consent. Policy 713 had come into…
York Region – Grade 5-8 Workshop on Gender and Queer Identity
I’m a parent at an Elementary-aged Public School in York Region District in Ontario. Sometime at the end of February, without parents’ knowledge, the school invited Canadian Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity to give a workshop on gender diversity and queer identity to students from Grade 5 to 8.…