Montreal Teacher Files Court Challenge After School Tells Her to Conceal Student’s Pronouns From Parents

A Montreal teacher has launched a court challenge against Quebec’s education ministry, saying her school instructed her to lie to a student’s parents about the teen’s gender transition. The courts have ordered that the teacher’s name not be released due to confidentiality. The teacher, who is represented by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), said her school administration told her to lie to the parents of a 14-year-old girl who was looking to transition to male, according to a JCCF news release. The school used directives found in the education ministry’s guide on trans and non-binary persons’ gender identity to create procedures making it illegal to inform parents or guardians if a student was looking to transition genders....