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Since the definition of "identifiable group" is also used in section 319 of the Code, the amendment also makes it a criminal offence to incite or promote hatred because of gender identity or gender expression. [11] The law also adds "gender identity or expression" to section 718.2 of the Criminal Code. [12]
3 Canadian provinces New Brunswick , Saskatchewan (Parents' Bill of Rights), and Alberta (Education Amendment Act, 2024) have laws that require parental consent when students under 16 years old wish to change their gender pronouns.
Compelled speech is a transmission of expression required by law. A related legal concept is protected speech . Just as freedom of speech protects free expression, in many cases it similarly protects an individual from being required to utter or otherwise express a thought with which that individual disagrees.
Canadian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer rights are some of the most extensive in the world. [5] [6] [7] Same-sex sexual activity, in private between consenting adults, was decriminalized in Canada on June 27, 1969, when the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968–69 (also known as Bill C-150) was brought into force upon royal assent. [1]
Florence Ashley is a Canadian academic, activist [1] and law professor at the University of Alberta. [2] They specialize in trans law and bioethics . They have numerous academic publications, including a book on the law and policy of banning transgender conversion practices. [ 3 ]
An August 2023 Angus Reid poll found that, out of 3,016 Canadian adults who are members of the Angus Reid Forum, 78% said that parents need to always be informed by the school if a child wants to change their pronouns or gender, while 43% said that parents must also give consent to the change; 14% said that parents should have no role in the ...
A new South Dakota policy to stop the use of gender pronouns by public university faculty and staff in official correspondence is also keeping Native American employees from listing their tribal ...
The Parents' Bill of Rights stipulates that a parent has a right to be the primary decision-maker with respect to their child's education, including the right to withdraw their child from sexual health education and the right to withhold consent for the use of gender-related names or pronouns if the child is under 16 years of age.