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Originally Posted by lozen
Kudos to Danielle Smith leading the way to protect kids and parents rights.
Popped in here for the first time in a few months, and am saddened to see you cheering on this patheticness. Protecting kids? Bullshit.
In order of how much I hate that ridiculous legislation, from least terrible to worst...
1. "It would also prohibit health professionals from performing sex reassignment surgeries on minors." So, probably a lot of minors should wait because it's a big decision, but is there a problem with letting doctors and families figure out what's appropriate in each case?
2. "The UCP government has proposed one bill, the Education Amendment Act, 2024, that would require children under 16 to have parental consent if they want to change their names or pronouns at school." OK, I get that there are parents who would be cool with their kids being trans but are uncomfortable with their teachers being told without them knowing. And maybe those parents haven't thought through what a law like this means for kids whose parents will kick them out or worse. But Danielle Smith and her education minister should sure as hell understand the issue if they're passing legislation on it.
3. "The second bill, the Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2024, would prohibit doctors from treating those under 16 seeking transgender treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapies." - see 1.
4. "The third bill, the Fairness and Safety in Sport Act, would ban transgender athletes from competing in leagues not designated co-ed and require school and sports organizations to report eligibility complaints." Holy government overreach, Batman! Like, what in the **** is a provincial government doing even worrying about this in the first place? Pretty sure the different sports organizations can figure this out in a way that is appropriate for each sport and age group.
5. "The bill would also require parents to opt-in for their children to be taught about sexual orientation and sexual and gender identity at school. The legislation also restricts any kind of curriculum that teaches about gender diversity." If you don't want people to think you're deeply homophobic/transphobic, don't pass legislation that is deeply homophobic/transphobic. This is the ****ing worst.
"we are here to support and uplift every child who identifies as transgender and who experiences gender dysphoria as well as their families, who wants what’s best for them" Riiiiight, that sounds like exactly what you're doing.
Last edited by Bobo Fett; 11-02-2024 at 01:55 PM.