Hello folks! 

We made this emergency episode in response to something really terrifying and really pressing; the trend of anti-trans and anti-queer legislation appearing in Canadian provinces. In particular...

On January 31, 2024, the Premier of Alberta (Danielle Smith) posted a 7m28s video on social media entitled “preserving choice for children and youth.” In it, she proposed a sweeping, draconian suite of anti-trans policies for Alberta. The proposal includes restrictions spanning from participation in sports to sex education, from access to life-saving gender-affirming healthcare to name and pronoun use in schools.

Learn about these policies, why they are so egregious, and how you might be able to take action in this episode!

Links:

• Petition by Catie Jones: https://www.change.org/p/safeguard-transgender-children-s-rights-to-self-identity-and-bodily-autonomy-in-alberta 
• Article about the proposed Alberta policies by two Mount Royal University professors:  https://theconversation.com/albertas-new-policies-are-not-only-anti-trans-they-are-anti-evidence-222579 
• Ontario Minister of Education's remarks: https://globalnews.ca/news/9931770/lgbtq-canada-gender-identity-school-policy-change/ 
• Policies in Saskatchewan: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/saskatchewan-says-parental-consent-needed-for-name-pronoun-change-of-students-1.6530242
• Policies in New Brunswick: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/gender-identity-policy-713-pronouns-school-1.6954807#:~:text=This%20summer%2C%20Education%20Minister%20Bill,and%20that%20hasn%27t%20changed