A great discussion with community members in my hometown.
A better Alberta is possible but we need to come together and continue to fight for it.
Dr. Kristopher Wells
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Independent Senator for Alberta, Senate of Canada. đ¨đŚ Former Canada Research Chair for the Public Understanding of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth. đłď¸âđđłď¸ââ§ď¸ Treaty 6. He/Him.
Say no to gerrymandering. This is not how we do things in Canada.
Trans people have always existed throughout history around the world.
Whatâs new is the âanti-genderâ movement attacking trans and LGBTQ+ communities.
Transgender Day of Visibility and the Unfinished Work of Liberation
The views expressed below are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights or Harvard Kennedy School. These perspectives have been presented to encourage debate on important public policy challenges. Transgender Day of Visibility is our perennial opportunity to celebrate the precious lives and powerful achievements of transgender people. So let us do that â loudly, widely, proudly.
Education should never be âneutralâ thatâs exactly how you continue to perpetuate inequity and a history of systemic discrimination.
Good education produces critical thinkers not docile and compliant citizens.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-education-bill-ideology-politics-classroom-9.7148982
A reminder that Canada is proud to have one of the most comprehensive bans on âconversion therapyâ in the world.
This is because it is fraudulent, harmful, and never works.
We choose evidence over ideology and protection over harm. đ¨đŚ
Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on LGBTQ+ âconversion therapyâ
The Supreme Court has ruled against a law banning âconversion therapyâ for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that banned the discredited practice. The high court majority sided Tuesday with a Christian counselor who argues the law banning talk therapy violates the First Amendment. The justices agreed the law raises free speech concerns and sent it back to a lower court to decide if it meets a legal standard few laws pass. President Donald Trumpâs Republican administration supported the counselor. Colorado said the measure simply bars a practice of using therapy to try to âconvertâ LGBTQ+ people to heterosexuality, a practice thatâs been scientifically discredited and linked to serious harm.
It is a very sad day for human rights when youth have to live in fear and are pushed back into the closet by the UCP governmentâs discriminatory and hateful laws.
We will continue to fight to have them repealed or struck down.
No one should have to hide who they are.
Youth have power!
This could foreshadow what might happen with the Alberta referendum questions are voted upon this fall.
Educate. Mobilize. Vote.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/28/young-voters-italy-referendum-giorgia-meloni
A strong argument for using federal disallowance power.
Guardrails and guidelines must be placed on the use (and abuse) of the notwithstanding clause.
Human rights should never be optional or excluded in Canada no matter which government is in power.
Access to sport is no longer a human right when you ban an entire category of individuals from participating equally.
Bad policy backed by ignorance not evidence. Welcome to the Trump effect.
Transgender women athletes banned from Olympics female events by IOC
Transgender women athletes are now excluded from the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy It aligns with U.S. President Donald Trumpâs executive order on women's sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The International Olympic Committee says âeligibility for any female category event at the Olympic Games or any other IOC event, including individual and team sports, is now limited to biological females.â Eligibility will be determined by "a oneâtime SRY gene screening.â It is unclear how many, if any, transgender women are competing at an Olympic level.
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