A petition to the UK parliament “Safeguard evidence-based therapy for children struggling with gender dysphoria” recently surpassed 10,000 signatures which necessitated an official response. We thought the UK government statement was extremely reasonable. In particular, the statement called out the need to ensure that “parents, teachers and medical professionals are…
In my school building, there have been an awful lot of “courageous,” “uncomfortable,” and “tough” conversations, lately. It started back in September, during our first anti-racist training sessions. They always follow a pattern. First, it’s implied that as members of the oppressor group, we will feel uncomfortable. It’s understood that…
Bill C-6 interferes with healthcare decision making as the UK and Sweden introduce safeguarding against premature gender transitioning Ottawa, ON, Tuesday, June 22, 2021 — Coercive and degrading forms of therapy which have the explicit intention of changing a person’s sexual orientation have no place in Canada. Unfortunately, Bill C-6…
Schools in North America have traditionally respected parents as key partners within the school community. This is part of the social contract: everyone funds the public system. Our educational institutions, in turn, reflect societal norms and values. Inherent within this agreement is that schools teach children the essential skills needed…
Canadian Gender Report receives some eye-opening mail. This week we heard from a Mom who’s looking for support as her daughter just came out as trans and now wants a change of name and puberty blockers. The 13 year old girl has been socially isolated for months due to Covid…
As countries around the world question the exponential increase in children and young people seeking medical gender transition we thought we’d try to pull together whatever data we could find on the trend in Canada. The news from Sweden this month that their premiere gender clinics for children and young…
Dear parents: Do you have a queasy feeling about what your child is learning in school, but are afraid to speak out? Worried that if you share your concerns with other parents, you’ll appear to be racist, or a homophobe, for expressing your reservations? You’re far from alone. Many Ontario…
Transitioners and detransitioners have admitted that they’ve been coached by therapists in terms of what to say in order to access hormone therapy. But are therapists influencing children and young people in that direction? Consider the following exchange between a 12 year old girl and her therapist by text message:…
TransCare BC continues to lead the world as an innovator of gender affirming care. The organization released a “Youth Gender Health Screener” a couple of months ago as their latest innovation in the field. The purpose of this screening tool is to be used across the healthcare system in primary…
The BC father who was unsuccessful preventing his 14 year old daughter from medical gender transition was sentenced to 6 months in prison last week. He had shared information about the therapist and doctors treating his daughter and had continued to voice his concerns about medical transitioning. This was in…
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