New Brunswick child advocate offers critique of province’s school LGBTQ policy – New Brunswick | 24CA News
New Brunswick’s youth and little one advocate says the province’s rationale for a evaluation of its sexual orientation coverage in colleges was incoherent.
Kelly Lamrock says the revised Policy 713 largely follows the method taken by different provinces, however he’s involved about sure sections the place wording was eliminated.
One of the foremost adjustments introduced final week by the Progressive Conservative authorities of Blaine Higgs is that trans and nonbinary college students beneath the age of 16 will want parental consent to alter their identify or pronouns in school.
Lamrock says calling folks the identify they want to be referred to as is an easy courtesy.
The advocate says the federal government didn’t have to take away wording from the part on participation in sports activities that referred to as for scholar participation being per their gender id.
Another change made to the coverage is that common washrooms should be personal, however Lamrock notes that colleges can’t management what amenities might be out there when college students are on subject journeys.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed June 12, 2023.
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