Yesterday, a teacher at Waterloo Region District School Board attempted to present some of the materials recently made available to elementary-aged students there and raise questions about their appropriateness. The Chair of the Board interrupted the presentation and called a vote to determine whether Carolyn Burjoski should be able to…
Many people will agree that referring to people by the pronouns they determine for themselves is basic to human dignity. Are our public schools, however, going beyond this mandate of teaching respect and acceptance for those who are different? The usage of pronouns have evolved from neutral 3rd person substitute…
Dear Members of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Canadian Gender Report represents parents of gender transitioning children in Canada. We would like to appear on Bill C4 should hearings be held. Canadian Gender Report denounces any forms of forced, coercive or degrading therapy intended to result in a change…
Brief to the Standing Committee on Social Policy on Bill 17 – Gender Affirming Health Care Advisory Committee Act Canadian Gender Report November 8, 2021 Introduction Canadian Gender Report has five concerns about the current bill: The committee’s name “Gender Affirming” implies a bias towards a particular model of gender…
Canadian Gender Report (CGR) offers this report to the CBC in hopes that the CBC will improve its coverage of issues related to gender identity. The CBC’s approach to the contested issues surrounding the ability to self-identify one’s gender is often biased and fails to deliver on CBC’s mandate. CBC…
A review of detransitioner experiences has just been published with many quotes and insights from the interviewee’s. Faye Gear conducted interviews with 5 Canadian and American detransitioners as part of a thematic review of detransitioner experiences supervised at the University of Western Ontario. Her review has been published at: https://psyarxiv.com/683p7/…
A Canadian detransitioner submitted this comment to our Election 2021 page on the evening of the Canadian federal election this week. We made sure she was ok and put her in touch with some supportive people before publishing her comment here: Thank you for existing. I am a middle-aged transer,…
The UN Commission on the Status of Women is considering input as part of its annual program of work in order to identify emerging trends and patterns of injustice and discriminatory practices against women for purposes of policy formulation and development of strategies for the promotion of gender equality. Any…
Olympics Erasing Women: Two Lies Olympic Games Executives Told the World By Linda Blade (@coachblade on Twitter) By now everyone who cares about the Olympic Games has heard about Laurel Hubbard – the weightlifter from New Zealand who was born male and “transitioned” to “woman” at the age of 35…
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…
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