Politicians should stop using confusion over trans issues as dog whistle for intolerance
Scott Moe’s conservative government in Saskatchewan is emulating Blaine Higgs’s conservative government in New Brunswick by requiring teachers to obtain the consent of parents before a student may change their name or pronoun at school.
Polls suggest a large majority of Canadians support the measures. The majority is wrong. The politicians are wrong.
Conservative politicians are using confusion over trans issues as a dog whistle for LGBTQ+ intolerance. They should stop.
Well-meaning people can be forgiven for believing that parents, not the state, are best equipped to handle gender dysphoria among youth.
