Danielle Smith’s Strange Thoughts on ‘Parental Rights’, Inside the UCP’s take on the family by Susan Jane Wright, Feb 7, 2024, TodayThe Tyee
Susan Jane Wright was a lawyer and an executive in the energy sector before she became a writer. Follow her work at Susan on the Soapbox, where this piece first appeared.
Last week, in pursuit of her “parental rights” agenda, Premier Danielle Smith announced a set of policies that limited medical treatment for transgender youth and did a whole lot more.
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I tried to imagine what it would be like to explain these policies to someone not living in cloud cuckoo land.
Here goes.
Smith says this policy is necessary because…
The decision to access transgender medical treatment is an “adult choice.” It cannot be made by a minor because, as we all know, adolescence is a difficult and confusing time and the minor may make a decision they’ll regret for the rest of their lives. So the decision is reserved for adults.
Ah, so the intent of the policy is to ensure minors can’t access medical treatment without their parents’ consent. I thought this was already the case in Alberta.
It turns out not all adults can be trusted to make this decision on behalf of their minor children. In fact some well-intentioned but misguided adults may encourage or enable their children to alter “their very biology or natural growth.” This poses a “risk to that child’s future” that Smith will not allow.
OK, so the intent of this “parental rights” policy is to take away a parent’s right to consent to their children getting medical treatment. Isn’t this another version of “welcome to 1984” where the government tells you how to care for your children?
Yes, but…
Smith is going to let parents consent (or not) to schools teaching their kids about gender identity, sexual orientation or human sexuality by making the schools get parental consent every time the subject comes up.
So the kids who learn nothing about gender identity, sexual orientation or human sexuality at home because their parents think it’s nasty will be left in the dark?
Yes, but there’s also this…
For those parents who have no idea what’s going on in their children’s lives Smith will make the schools get the parent’s consent (if the kid is 15 or under) or notify the parents (if the kid is 16 or 17) if their kid wants to change their name or their pronouns.
What if that blows up in the kid’s face and their families abuse them or thrown out of the house?
No problem. Smith says the abused and traumatized kid can talk to Child Welfare Services who, according to its government website will notify the family and endeavour to keep the family together as they work through this with the folks.
I’m sure that’s comforting to the kid who just got thrown out into the street.
But wait, there’s more…
Smith says the “risks and unfair advantages” that young women and girls experience when competing against “biologically stronger transgender female athletes” in sports has grown too high.
What risks and unfair advantages?
She didn’t say. But she’s going to talk with sports organizations to ensure women and girls have the choice to compete in “women’s only” divisions while at the same time setting up co-ed and gender-neutral athletic competitions for the transgender female athletes to compete in.
Is this something athletes have been clamouring for? How is she going to get sports organizations to rip up their existing divisional structure in order to create new “women’s only” and “co-ed” and “gender-neutral” division?
I don’t know, stop asking questions.
You know what I think? Smith’s policies will increase intolerance for transgender people and will increase ignorance about gender diversity and human sexuality.
Also I would note that the stigmatization of sexual and gender minorities is a classic tactic of right-wing populist parties who oppose teaching sexual and gender diversity in schools and want to take away a woman’s right to abortion.
Is that where she’s headed?
Hold on please, we’re getting Take Back Alberta’s David Parker on the line.
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Dan Smith:
What about parental rights for those that support their trans-gendered children? Why does parental rights always have to support the conservative ideology of TBA?
Bernice Akehurst:
Exactly, why does government have to be involved in this issue at all. All of these individuals need to be looked at on a case by case basis with their medical professionals. Its a non government issue, why is she pushing this and who is she pushing it for?
Westlock students and parents hold walkout to protest premier Smith’s parental rights policy, About 30 participants rallied in front of the Heritage Building Feb. 7 by Kristine Jean, Feb 7, 2024, Town and Country Today
WESTLOCK — About 30 R.F. Staples students and parents were loud, proud and not afraid to speak their mind as they protested Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s new parental rights policy, which was announced last week, during a walkout Feb. 7 outside the Heritage Building in Westlock.
The rally began at 10 a.m. and lasted about an hour, as students and parents walked up and down the sidewalk holding signs, waving to residents and showing support for transgender kids and the 2SLGBTQI+ community, while vehicles honked horns as they drove by in a show of support.
“We want (Danielle Smith) to hear that we’re unhappy with these changes. We think it’s going to put people in danger and we don’t want that at all,” said walkout organizer Shaylin Lussier. “We want a safe environment for our students at schools all across Alberta.”
The school walkout in Westlock was not the only one to take place Wednesday. “I know a lot of schools in Edmonton and across Alberta are doing the exact same, which is really awesome,” said Lussier. “I felt like it was very important to bring (the protest) to Westlock.”
Several parents were also out to show their support and speak out against the parental rights policy. One of them was Jasmine Boutin.
“I’m here (at the walkout) for my nephew, for my daughters, myself and the kids that go to R.F. Staples,” said Boutin, sharing her thoughts on the protest. “I think more people need to stand up. What Danielle Smith is doing is wrong.”
Boutin noted the important role parents can have and should have in kids’ lives.
“We all deserve love and support. We as parents need to do more communication with our kids,” she said. “In today’s society I believe that communication and support of children is lacking.”
Feedback and response to the walkout was positive, noted Lussier, adding that people who were not able to attend also shared supportive comments.
She said “it’s absolutely necessary” that Smith sit down and talk with the transgender and 2SLGBTQI+ community so she can “understand the minds of trans children.”
“It’s very, very important that before you make these decisions, you actually talk to the people they’re going to be affecting so greatly,” explained Lussier, adding that she is grateful for the support they’ve received.
“To all of the Trans kids in general, who are scared to come out or who don’t want to go to the walkout because they’re scared, (know) you’re loved.”
Students stage walkouts to oppose Alberta’s gender identity policies for children and youth, Young people walked out of classes in Edmonton, Leduc Wednesday morning by Wallis Snowdon, CBC News, Feb 7, 204
Hundreds of Alberta students staged classroom walkouts Wednesday to protest the provincial government’s planned policies around transgender youth.
At 10 a.m., students left their classrooms and staged demonstrations calling for the province to reverse course on sweeping gender identity policies announced last week by Premier Danielle Smith.
About 200 students walked out of classes at Victoria School in central Edmonton and stood in protest outside the entry doors. Outside the south-side Strathcona High School, another 60 students gathered, the crowd dotted with signs and Pride flags.
Achilles Chinery, 17, who helped organize the walkout at Victoria School, said it was heartwarming to see the protest and to know that students at other Alberta schools were staging their own protests.
He said he is skeptical that government will listen to the concerns of protesters but hopes the walkouts show transgender youth they have strong allies.
“I honestly don’t how much of a difference it will make to Danielle Smith but I do know it will make a difference to the people who are scared and worried right now,” he said.
The walkouts are the latest in a string of demonstrations decrying the proposed policies. Smith’s announcement has spurred several protests — both at the grassroots level and from groups like the Alberta Medical Association.
Smith says her United Conservative Party government will introduce legislation this fall to bring in new rules, including restrictions on youth changing their names or pronouns at school and getting hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgery.
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She says the policies are to ensure children are “fully informed” about the decisions they are making because they might regret them later in life.
Rae Canavan-Lebeuf, who helped organize the Strathcona School demonstration, said she fears what the policies will mean for the future of all 2SLGBTQ+ Albertans.
“Not only is this bill going to affect trans kids, it’s going to affect everyone,” she said.
“If it’s passed, it opens a gateway to more bills and more rights being restricted.
“It’s frustrating to have to fight for rights that we already have.”
Sixteen-year-old Aspen Cervo, a student at Leduc Composite High School in Leduc, 35 kilometres south of Edmonton, said he began thinking about planning a student walkout right after Smith announced the policies last week.
The Grade 10 student said his 13-year-old brother is transgender and the demonstrations are meant to show him and others they’re supported. About 30 students from Leduc Composite took part in the protest.
“I’m lucky to grow up in a household where it’s safe to be whoever I want to be, but not all kids are lucky like that,” Cervo said.
“Some get rejected or kicked out, and it really hurts you when your own parents basically tell you you’re not their kid anymore.”
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Cervo says he used to be transgender but now considers himself gender-fluid. He says he goes by “he,” mostly, but it sometimes changes.
Asked whether his fluidity could support arguments that youth who receive gender-affirming care could later change their minds, Cervo pointed out that no one in Alberta is getting genital reconstruction surgery before 18 because it’s such a big change.
Other types of gender-affirming care, such as hormone therapy that his brother has been waiting for to change his voice, are decisions that Cervo feels his brother and others his age are old enough to make for themselves.
“He’s been waiting for gender-affirming care for two years now and these policies are going to have to make him wait until he’s at least 16,” Cervo said.
“He’s been waiting for so long and now he’s going to have to wait longer.”
Smith has said gender affirming surgeries would be banned for those 17 and under. And there would be no puberty blockers or hormone therapies for the purpose of gender affirmation for anyone 15 and under, unless they’ve already begun such treatments.
Parental consent would be required for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school. Students 16 and 17 would not need consent, but their parents would have to be notified.
WATCH | Hundreds of transgender allies gather to protest:
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Hundreds protest Alberta’s new gender-identity policies
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Duration 2:09Hundreds of people gathered outside Alberta’s legislature to push back against recently announced plans to make sweeping changes to some of the province’s policies around transgender youth.
Smith, in defending her proposals during a trip to Ottawa on Monday, said there is no “single voice” that can speak on behalf of the entire transgender community. She said she has spoken to some transgender people who expressed concerns about the ability of children to transition at a young age.
“We had to have a conversation about what is the appropriate ages to be able to make those life-altering decisions,” she said.
Coral Boivin attended the walkout at Victoria School in support of her three children, who took part in the demonstration.
She said it’s important for Alberta’s youth to speak out, and for the government to listen.
“The kids here are all really passionate about LGBTQ rights and ensuring that this world is going to be a safe place for them when they grow up,” she said. “I think that it’s really important for youth to take a stand against what the province is deciding.
“The more walkouts there are, it’s going to show that kids have an opinion too, and that it matters, and that they’re our future.”
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With files from Julia Wong, Travis McEwan and The Canadian Press
Victoria School students walk out in protest of Alberta government’s transgender policies by Jason Hills, Feb 07, 2024, Edmonton Journal
Nearly 200 students, many decorated with Pride flags and signs, staged a student-led walkout at Victoria School of the Arts in Edmonton on Wednesday morning.
At 10 a.m. students left their classrooms and formed a protest in response to the Alberta government’s recent announcement around transgender policies including pronoun use and preferred names.
Oliver Collins, 17, was one of four students who organized the protest and he couldn’t be more proud to see fellow students have a chance to stand up and have a voice.
“It was incredible,” said Collins.
“As organizers, we made the executive decision to allow trans youth to have the microphone. To have an hour to have trans youth talk about what they’re going through, what they’re feeling, it gave them a voice, and that just doesn’t happen enough.”
Collins, who came out as trans three years ago and identifies as a bisexual male, credits his experience at Victoria School to be comfortable enough to identify as trans and he has been an active supporter of other recent protests before Premier Danielle Smith announced the new policies last week.
“I’ve attended a transphobic protest in the past, and it was very threatening. I had people that wanted to physically hurt me. I had projectiles thrown at me, telling me to go back to Jesus and calling me slurs,” said Collins.
“We had roughly 150 students at our protest today that identify as queer or trans and all of the kids in danger of these types of things happening to them. If the province goes through with these policies, it will only make it more threatening.”
The walkout wasn’t endorsed by Edmonton Public Schools, but Victoria School principal Stacy Fysh understood why many of the students chose to do a walkout.
“We understand that students want to express their views and participate in civic actions. Our schools strive to foster an environment of understanding, respect, and dialogue. We encourage our students to engage in respectful conversations about issues that matter to them,” Fysh said in a news release.
A small group of anti-protesters showed up to counter the student-led protest but it remained peaceful between both groups.
The student-led protest is the latest in a number of different protests towards the United Conservative Party’s decision to change transgender policies.
A large protest took place at the legislature grounds this past weekend as well as near Whyte Avenue to support trans youth and their fight against the policy changes. There have been several protests across the province since the announcement was made last week.
Victoria School of the Arts wasn’t the only school in the Capital Region to stage a student-led protest. Students at Leduc Composite High School also organized a student walkout on Wednesday.
Collins said his family supported him when he came out to about being trans but that’s not always the case for many trans youth.
Collins feels if these policies go through it will have an even more negative impact on those in his community.
“My family supports me, and are proud of where I’m at, and who I am, and every kid deserves that. It breaks my heart that not every kid gets that same feeling,” said Collins.
“I’ve experienced transphobia in my time being out. In my time at school, and even today, but overall my experience has been positive. I have a great community of queer and trans people that are there for me.“
For Collins and the trans youth who attended Wednesday’s protest, this isn’t just something they’re passionate about. It’s their life.
“Today was all about giving our community a voice. Share what we have in common, and that we’re proud of who we are,” said Collins.
“What is happening is unfair and a breach of human rights.”
‘Respect every human being’: Students across Calgary walk out in protest of proposed Alberta transgender policies, ‘If those kids are comfortable enough to come out at school, and use that as a safe space, this takes that safe space away’ by Laurice Gomes and Steven Wilhelm, Feb 07, 2024, Calgary Herald
Hundreds of Calgary students joined their peers across Alberta who walked out of classrooms Wednesday morning to protest the provincial government’s proposed policies regarding transgender youth.
At the University of Calgary, students and faculty gathered on Pride steps in front of Mac Hall, calling for the province to retract gender identity policies announced last week by Premier Danielle Smith.
Creek Thompson, a software engineering student, said he attended the walkout because he endured a “ridiculous” amount of bullying and torment throughout his school years in a small northern Alberta town.
“I would like to see more push toward accepting and showing these kids that they can be who they are, and the government, the country and the province as a whole will support them,” Thompson said.
“All I can think is that if those kids are comfortable enough to come out at school, and use that as a safe space, this takes that safe space away, forcibly outing them. I have seen first-hand the harm that can come from kids who are forcibly shunted out of the closet by society,” Thompson said.
In defending her proposals during a trip to Ottawa on Monday, Smith said there is no “single voice” that can speak on behalf of the entire transgender community. She said she has spoken to some transgender people who expressed concerns about the ability of children to transition at a young age.
“We had to have a conversation about what the appropriate age is to be able to make those life-altering decisions,” she said.
‘They’re having decisions made for them’
Sam Ines, a 28-year-old transgender woman, said transgender children aren’t being given the chance to speak for themselves.
“They’re having decisions made for them by people who are uninformed about their situation; the people who weigh in on their lives are people who are outside of that sphere, and that affects us heavily,” Ines said.
Alberta’s proposed policies would prohibit hormonal treatment, puberty blockers and gender-affirming surgery for children 15 years of age and younger.
Top and bottom gender reassignment surgeries would be banned for minors aged 17 and younger.
Teens aged 16 and 17 could start hormone therapy as long as they have permission from their parents, a physician and a psychologist.
Ines shared her own journey of coming out at 25 years old and said that, as a Filipino immigrant, it was not an easy journey.
“The first person I came out to was my grandmother, who was not at all very accepting,” Ines said. “Because in her eyes, and from her own cultural context, a transgender woman is just a man who is perverted.
U of C student Chloe Ratti (they/them) said Smith is endangering transgender youth. Ratti was at the walkout because making younger generations feel safer is important to them.
“I was born and raised in Italy, which is a very Catholic, very conservative place. I came out as bisexual when I was 14,” Ratti said.
Ratti identifies as gender non-conforming, gender fluid, non-binary and pansexual.
“All throughout my journey, I met a lot of different people, and that’s how I understood more about my own sexuality and my own gender.”
‘School … is for some kids the only kind of escape’: student
The Calgary Board of Education released a statement saying that it was aware of the potential student protests but emphasized that walkouts are not CBE events.
“We will not prevent students from leaving class during this time; however, any students who were not present in class will be marked as an unexcused absence. We work with our school communities to create welcoming, caring, respectful and safe learning environments for all students,” the CBE said.
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Danny Kruzick organized a walkout at Joane Cardinal-Schubert High School. Kruzick came out as transgender at school at 14 years old, using he/they pronouns, but didn’t come out to their parents until 16 years old.
Under the proposed Alberta rules for transgender youth, parental consent would be required for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school. Students 16 and 17 would not need consent, but their parents would have to be notified.
Kruzick said that if these policies were in place, they never would have come out to anyone.
Another student at Joane Cardinal-Schubert who attended the walkout, Hayden Keller, said the new rules are taking away the safe space schools provide transgender youth.
“School, right now, is for some kids the only kind of ‘escape’ from maybe a home life that isn’t as supportive or welcoming to them,” Keller said.
Student speaks to being able to explore identity
Kruzick said, “For youth, for the future, I want other kids to be able to explore their identities.”
“Between those two years, I was able to explore my identity,” said Kruzick. “When I was 16, I felt way more comfortable in my gender expression and identity, to come out to my parents.
Kruzick said that coming out at school was easier, because friends, students and teachers come and go, while parents and family are with you forever.
“If we don’t stand up against this, you know, this could make problems only worse for trans kids in schools,” said Keller. “They (trans kids) face a lot of discrimination.”
Yomade Akapo, a student participating in the walkout at Western Canada High School, said the new legislation is taking away rights from innocent people.
“This isn’t right, we should be able to respect every human being, whether they’re trans, whether they’re LGBTQ+, it’s just disgusting,” said Akapo.
— With files from Brent Calver, Gavin Young and The Canadian Press
Wednesday’s letters: Best practices, not politics, for youth gender policies by Dr. Kate Greenaway, medical director, Foria Clinic, Calgary, on behalf of 48 other Alberta doctors, nurse practitioners and registered nurses, Feb 7, 2024, Edmonton Journal
As health-care providers, we support the provision of evidence-based care for transgender and gender-diverse youth.
We firmly believe that access to appropriate and timely gender-affirming care is a fundamental human right. Such care is not only life-affirming but also essential for the mental and physical well-being of transgender and gender-diverse youth. There is a wealth of evidence that shows denying access to appropriate health care not only contradicts established medical consensus but also increases the risk of adverse health outcomes in youth including depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicide.
We are deeply concerned about the recent proposal to restrict gender-affirming medical care for youth under 16 in Alberta. This decision goes against internationally recognized medical guidelines that prioritize the health and well-being of these patients.
These policy changes send the message to vulnerable communities that discrimination is allowed in Alberta. We unequivocally oppose these changes.
The proposal by the Alberta government ignores the advice of Canadian and international medical experts. Leading medical organizations such as the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Canadian Pediatric Society (CPS) have established clear guidelines for the provision of gender-affirming care to minors. These guidelines emphasize the importance of a patient-centred approach, informed consent, and the appropriateness of interventions such as puberty suppression for those who require it. We believe that any policy changes in this domain should be based on the latest scientific evidence and medical best practices. They should not be based on politics.
These proposed restrictions in Alberta will exacerbate existing health disparities and increase the vulnerability of an already marginalized population. We respectfully request that the Alberta Ministry of Health re-evaluate its position and align with international guidelines to ensure the health and well-being of all Albertans. This includes transgender and gender-diverse youth.
Dr. Kate Greenaway, medical director, Foria Clinic, Calgary, on behalf of 48 other Alberta doctors, nurse practitioners and registered nurses
Teens stage walkout over Alberta gender policies by Rob Drinkwater and Colette Derworiz, Leduc, The Canadian Press, Feb 7, 2024, The Globe and Mail
Sixteen-year-old Aspen Cervo says he began thinking about a student walkout over the Alberta government’s planned policies around transgender youth right after Premier Danielle Smith announced them last week.
The Grade 10 student at Leduc Composite High School said earlier this week that his 13-year-old brother is transgender and that Wednesday’s walkout was meant to show him and others they’re supported.
“I’m lucky to grow up in a household where it’s safe to be whoever I want to be, but not all kids are lucky like that,” Cervo told The Canadian Press in an interview, adding he knows some others who aren’t as fortunate.
“Some get rejected or kicked out, and it really hurts you when your own parents basically tell you you’re not their kid anymore.”
Smith said the fall sitting of the legislature would bring new rules, including restrictions on youth changing their names or pronouns at school, as well as on hormone treatment and surgery for gender affirmation.
She said the goal of the policies is to ensure children are “fully informed” about the decisions they are making because they might regret them later in life.
The policies spurred a week of protest – both at the grassroots level and from groups like the Alberta Medical Association.
Students at high schools in Edmonton and Calgary also walked out Wednesday.
In Calgary, several dozen students from Western Canada High School carried signs with messages such as “Our Outrage Does Not Fit on a Poster” and “Protect Trans Black Female Disabled Immigrant Queer Indigenous Refugee Youth.”
Yomade Akapo, 16, said Smith’s government is “taking away rights from people who haven’t done anything wrong.
“It’s just a violation of human rights. It’s absolutely disgusting that that’s something she could to do to thousands of trans kids. I don’t think she understands how she’s affecting these kids, how she’s affecting their mental health.”
Fletcher Morrison, a transgender boy in Grade 11, said it’s important that his and others’ rights are respected at their schools.
“I just want everyone to feel safe in school,” said the 16-year-old who transitioned three years ago with the support of his friends and family.
Morrison said he’s been seeing a lot more anti-transgender arguments in the past week.
“I can see it getting worse,” he said. “I just am worried for the safety of youth.”
A few people stopped on the street in front of the high school to support the students.
Kathryn Smith, a non-binary trans and queer adult, works with a lot of transgender youth.
“I wanted to come out and show the kids there are adults who support and love them,” Smith said.
“It’s very hard to see what’s happening.”
Back in Leduc, Cervo said he used to be transgender but now considers himself gender-fluid. He said he mostly goes by “he,” but it sometimes changes.
When asked whether his fluidity could support arguments that youth who receive gender-affirming care could later change their minds, Cervo said that no one in Alberta is getting genital reconstruction surgery before 18 because it’s such a big change.
Other types of gender-affirming care, such as hormone therapy that his brother has been waiting for to change his voice, are decisions that Cervo felt his brother and others his age are old enough to make for themselves.
“He’s been waiting for gender-affirming care for two years now and these policies are going to have to make him wait until he’s at least 16,” Cervo said.
“He’s been waiting for so long and now he’s going to have to wait longer.”
Smith said gender affirmation surgery would be banned for those 17 and under. And there would be no puberty blockers or hormone therapies for the purpose of gender affirmation for anyone 15 and under, unless they’ve already begun such treatments.
Parental consent would be required for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school. Students 16 and 17 would not need consent, but their parents would have to be notified.
Smith, in defending her proposals during a trip to Ottawa on Monday, said there is no “single voice” that can speak on behalf of the entire transgender community. She said she has spoken to some transgender people who expressed concerns about the ability of children to transition at a young age.
“We had to have a conversation about what is the appropriate ages to be able to make those life-altering decisions.”
@AndrewLawton:
Protesters charmingly chant “Fuck you Smith” outside the Albany Club ahead of an event with Premier Danielle Smith.
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Mary Hamilton:
Who did she consult? She hasn’t named anyone and all of the medical community was surprised, as were school officials and sports officials.
Randy Sweety:
she consulted TBA.
CAPP, big oil and gas and vile hateful misogynistic men and TBA are the bosses of Danielle Smith, a corrupt floor-crossing backstabbing lying pathetic pimple of a coward. She’s not boss of herself.
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