Hannah Clark

Alberta’s new youth transition policies spark outrage

By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer Content warning: mentions of transphobia and suicide. February 1 became a significant day for Albertan families with trans and gender diverse children. Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith announced new policies that will “restrict healthcare options,” forbid students to change preferred names, and restrict gender identity expression at schools without parents’ or guardians’ consent.  The health restrictions for trans and non-binary youth will ban top and bottom surgeries for those under 17 and limit hormone therapy and puberty blockers for those under 15. In addition to banning name and pronoun changes at school, other restrictions include…

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