N.B. government reverses changes to school gender identity policy
Starting Jan. 1, students under 16 years old don't need parental consent to informally use their preferred name and pronouns in school.
#policy #education #NewBrunswickPolicy713 #Policy713 #SusanHolt
https://globalnews.ca/news/10926212/new-brunswick-liberals-policy-713-revised/
N.B. government reverses changes to school gender identity policy

Starting Jan. 1, students under 16 years old don't need parental consent to informally use their preferred name and pronouns in school.

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N.B. government reverses changes to school gender identity policy
Starting Jan. 1, students under 16 years old don't need parental consent to informally use their preferred name and pronouns in school.
#policy #school #gender #Education #NewBrunswickPolicy713 #Policy713 #SusanHolt
https://globalnews.ca/news/10926212/new-brunswick-liberals-policy-713-revised/
N.B. government reverses changes to school gender identity policy

Starting Jan. 1, students under 16 years old don't need parental consent to informally use their preferred name and pronouns in school.

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Liberal government’s proposed revisions to Policy 713 prioritize cisgender comfort over transgender rights

In July and August 2023, the PCNB government issued revisions to the Department of Education’s Policy 713 considerably restricting rights

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[New Brunswick, Canada] Holt will change gender-identity policy for schools
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-gender-identity-policy-1.7359786

* will adopt diff. gender-identity policy for schools
* pot. ends year-long battle betw. N.B. gov. & child & 2SLGBTQIA+ advocates
* parental consent would not be req'd for name/pronoun changes
* parental involvement still encouraged

#Canada #NewBrunswick #conservatism #BlaineHiggs #IrvingOil #libertarianism #antiLGBT #Policy713 #populism #ParentalRightsMovement #SOGI #transphobia #ChristianRight

Holt says she'll change gender-identity policy for schools, stop move to dissolve DEC | CBC News

Premier-designate Susan Holt says she will adopt the gender-identity school policy recommended by New Brunswick's child and youth advocate Kelly Lamrock when the Liberals take charge of government.

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The tide goes out for Blaine Higgs, anti-politician
PC leader’s disdain for conventional politics overwhelmed his instinct for calibration and discipline

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Blaine Higgs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaine_Higgs
* 2024 N.B. election: Higgs/Progressive Conservatives lost to Liberals
* Higgs lost his seat

Policy 713: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy_713
* Sexual Orientation * Gender Identity education policy

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Blaine Higgs - Wikipedia

Hearing Higgs this morning try to defend his strategy that lead to his loss.

It was absolutely about his changes to Policy 713 to me.

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PC candidate compares original 2SLGBTQ+ policy to Indigenous residential schools
Sherry Wilson faces calls to withdraw after saying lack of parent oversight made residential schools possible
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/pc-candidate-sherry-wilson-residential-schools-1.7338617

* PC candidate Sherry Wilson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherry_Wilson
* compared residential schools to parental rights movement

#Conservatives #NewBrunswick #conservatism #antiLGBT #InsitutionalRacism #racism #SherryWilson #BlaineHiggs #Policy713 #ParentalRightsMovement #ignorance #ChristianRight

PC candidate compares N.B.'s original 2SLGBTQ+ policy to Indigenous residential schools | CBC News

A Progressive Conservative candidate for a seat in the New Brunswick Legislature is facing calls she withdraw from the campaign after she compared protections for 2SLGTBQ+ students to the systematic taking of Indigenous children from their parents to place them in residential schools.

CBC
List of counter-protests

LIST OF COUNTER-PROTESTS AND COUNTER-EVENTS FOR TRANS RIGHTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2024 Events starting before 9am are highlighted. It’s going to be an early morning! LISTE DE CONTRE-MANIFESTATIONS ET CONTRE-ÉVÉNEMENTS POUR LES DROITS DES PERSONNES TRANS · VENDREDI 20 SEPTEMBRE 2024 Tout événe...

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Calls grow for N.B. premier to denounce mailouts critics say are transphobic
Pressure is mounting on New Brunswick's government to denounce mailouts in the province from an Ontario group that call trans education harmful to children.
#globalnews #Canada #CoalitionLifeCampaign #genderaffirmingcare #Policy713
https://globalnews.ca/news/10719553/calls-grow-for-n-b-premier-to-denounce-mailouts-critics-say-are-transphobic/
Calls grow for N.B. premier to denounce mailouts critics say are transphobic

Pressure is mounting on New Brunswick's government to denounce mailouts in the province from an Ontario group that call trans education harmful to children.

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