The Elementary Teacher’s Federation of Ontario is an intervener in a human rights challenge launched by an 11-year-old transgender girl fighting the repeal of the curriculum. Continue reading →

The 11-year-old, identified only as AB, testified today before Ontario’s human rights tribunal in a case focusing on how rolling back the curriculum impacts LGBTQ students. Continue reading →

The new research found that some transgender people do not want to identify as trans with their health-care providers. Continue reading →

Education Minister Lisa Thompson announced the consultation earlier this year amid controversy about the province’s sex-ed curriculum. Continue reading →

Part of its mandate will be to address health needs specific to sexual and gender minorities and help make the health-care environment safer and more welcoming. Continue reading →

The resolution, introduced at the convention by parental rights advocate Tanya Granic Allen, declares gender identity a “Liberal ideology” and asks that references to it be removed from Ontario’s sex-education curriculum. Continue reading →

The vote happened Saturday morning, during the party’s three-day convention in Toronto. Continue reading →

Dr. Kenneth Zucker defended himself against criticisms of the clinic at the Toronto-based Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, which was the subject of an external review that led to his dismissal in 2015. Continue reading →

The hospital in Aurora, Colo., made the move after recommendations from a gender diversity task force that’s been implemented throughout the facility. Continue reading →

Nova Scotia would join Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, Alberta, Yukon and the Northwest Territories in offering ‘X’ as an option for gender identity. Continue reading →