#i am dead serious about keeping up with your governments laws btw

[mothmanmalewife]

Saskatchewan Pronoun Policy

as I'm sure we're all aware, politicians in the states have been proposing and passing legislation to harm trans people as of late. unfortunately, right wing politicians in Canada have started following this example.

the government of Saskatchewan has introduced a new policy, just prior to the start of the school year, which requires parental permission for students under 16 to go by a different name or pronouns. I won't go in depth about this, but you can read more here and here.

Saskatchewan is not the first province in Canada to enact this kind of policy. New Brunswick was the first, and other provinces (such as Ontario and Manitoba) have not ruled out the possibility.

I do not mean this to spread fear among queer/trans people and allies. This policy is already being challenged legally in Saskatchewan. This is not a story of how we are losing, but of how we must continue to fight for our rights. If you live in Saskatchewan, or anywhere in Canada, I encourage you to write to your government representatives demanding support for trans kids, not the singling out of them. If you live outside of Canada, keep up with the kinds of laws your government is proposing about trans people: these kinds of laws can happen anywhere.