A Quebec government committee says it is concerned about how gender identity issues have become polarized.
The committee’s mandate was to paint a portrait of the situation in Quebec and to define the main gender identity issues.
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The government launched the committee in December 2023 after a number of gender-related incidents in schools.
In one case, a school southeast of Montreal received threats after a nonbinary teacher asked to use the honorific Mx – pronounced Miks.
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The government also intervened to stop another school from providing gender-neutral bathrooms for students.
The committee called for deepening scientific knowledge about the subject.
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