In an emailed statement on Saturday, a spokesperson said the Saskatchewan Party government “remains committed to implementing the policy.”
“Parents and guardians have an important role in protecting and supporting their children as they grow and develop,” the statement said.
There was no mention of the rally in the Saskatchewan government’s response.
If my child wanted to be called “he” at school, I would want to know it, no?
If the child is too afraid to ask it’s parents, maybe it’s time to call child services or something? Like clearly, something is wrong and having the school change the pronouns without the parents knowledge ain’t gonna fix this child situation. Also, the parent will eventually know it…
The proper path to that is better and more communication between the school and the parents, not authoritatively banning gender affirming care.
But authoritatively banning basic gender affirming behavior doesn’t hurt the child?
Maybe the answer here is put more effort than to make a one sized fits all solution to this crisis.
There are a lot of situations where Child and Family Services won’t step in, but it’s still not something that you would want to live through.
Sometimes it’s just about hiding well enough to not get kicked out, so you can finish school or be able to stay in real school instead of getting placed into religious private school.
Parents may eventually find out anyway, but they also might not. I was a goodie two-shoes when I was kicked out for being gay, but most parents didn’t seem to know about the drug/smoking/drinking/sexting habits of their children.
