More than 100 Albertans gathered outside the legislature building on Saturday to voice their support for the province’s new legislation aimed at transgender women and youth.
The province tabled three new bills earlier this month aimed at the transgender and non-binary community, which – according to 2021 census data – makes up less than 0.4 per cent of Albertans.
If the bills are passed, they will ban transgender women and girls from female sporting divisions, restrict gender-affirming medical treatments for trans and non-binary youth, and require schools to disclose and get parental approval to use a student’s preferred pronoun or name at school.
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“Today we’re actually here for a celebration of legislation,” said organizer …