When is a Girl Not a Girl

OUR TEAM DONATES ITS TIME. CAN YOU DONATE TOO OR VISIT BOOKS or BUY FROM AUTHOR  [email protected]

The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has ordered that the case of a young girl (NB) and her mother against the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, the child’s former teacher and the principal of the school, will proceed to a full hearing.

The Tribunal dismissed an application from the school board for a summary hearing, a futile attempt to have the case dismissed at an early stage of proceedings. The school board argued unsuccessfully that the child’s case had no reasonable prospect of success and should not be permitted to proceed. 

The family brought the claim for discrimination on the basis of gender identity, for teaching NB and her school friends there are no such things as girls or boys.

NB identifies strongly with her biology as a girl. The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms filed an amended application on the family’s behalf, including a claim for discrimination on the basis of sex, noting the child’s rights to security of the person and equality under sections 7 and 15 (1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms had also been infringed.

In early 2018, NB was a 6-year-old student in a grade one class taught by JB. The teacher showed the class a YouTube video entitled, ‘He, She, and They?!? — Gender: Queer Kid Stuff #2’. The video contained a number of statements about gender identity, and asserted that ‘some people aren’t boys or girls’ and that those who do not feel like a ‘she’ or a ‘he’ might not have a gender.

On another occasion, the teacher drew a gender spectrum on the board and asked each student to identify where they fit on the spectrum. NB indicated that she was on the furthest end of the spectrum marked ‘girl.’ The teacher then told the class that ‘girls are not real, and boys are not real’. This was extremely upsetting to NB.

NB went home and told her parents, repeatedly asking why her identity as a girl was ‘not real.’ She stated that she was not sure if she wanted to be a mommy when she grew up, and asked if she could ‘go to the doctor’ about this issue. NB also expressed feeling that she ‘had to do something’ about the fact that she is a girl. This followed a lesson by the teacher on the concepts of the gender spectrum and sex changes.

Neither the school nor the teacher obtained parental consent to teach the child that her sense of self as a girl was a fiction. The parents allege that the teacher’s conduct undermined their daughter’s foundational concept of identity, and also contradicted biological reality.

Despite the family’s expression of concern, school officials refused to take any steps to correct the impact of these lessons on NB.

Ultimately the family opted to move her to a different school, which made NB happy that she would no longer have a teacher who said that ‘girls are not real.’

Even after moving to the new school, NB continued to be upset by her experience in JB’s class, and grappled with the concept that her own identity was not something real. Her mother was concerned enough to seek guidance from a psychologist on how to assist her daughter, according to the application.

Some politicised gender theorists and activists argue not only that gender identity and sex is on a spectrum, meaning that there are no longer distinct categories of male and female.

‘If everyone has a gender identity, and gender identities are protected under the Code, then NB’s gender identity as a girl should be protected,’ said Justice Centre staff lawyer Lisa Bildy. ‘If the School Board can accommodate the inclusion of trans and other gender identities into the classroom setting, then surely they can accommodate the inclusion of children who experience no discord between their biology and their sense of self.’

Published with permission from the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms. Like this story? Share it with others.

MICHAEL WALSH is an award-winning global journalist, broadcaster and author of 64 book titles with 36 years’ experience.

MICHAEL WALSH is a journalist, broadcaster and the author of RISE OF THE SUN WEEL, EUROPE ARISE,  TROTSKY’S WHITE NEGROES, MEGACAUST,  DEATH OF A CITY, WITNESS TO HISTORY, THE BUSINESS BOOSTER , THE FIFTH COLUMN VOLUME I and II, FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT SPEAK, IMMORTAL BELOVED, THE ALL LIES INVASION, INSPIRE A NATION Volume I, INSPIRE A NATION Volume II , SLAUGHTER OF A DYNASTY , REICH AND WRONG,  THE RED BRIGANDS, RANSACKING THE REICH ,  and The Exiled Duke Romanov Who Turned Desert Into Paradise  and other book titles. These illustrated best-selling books are essential for the libraries of informed readers.

MICHAEL WALSH BOOK CLUB: Set up a Standing Order minimum of €25 (£25) to my UK bank account each month to receive every 3-months a FREE SIGNED copy of any book from our BUY FROM AUTHOR LINK.

THE BARNES REVIEW is considered by historians as the world’s most prestigious source of bona fide essays and information. Michael Walsh is a key member of the periodical’s Board of Contributing Editors. See www.BarnesReview.com   https://barnesreview.org/

THE LIVERPOOL  TETRALOGY

The revenge of a predator is a city-vigilante epic better than Death Wish A LEOPARD IN LIVERPOOL , 30 lavishly illustrated first-hand stories by a Liverpool sailor  BELIEVING OF LIVERPOOL, Latest Killer-Thriller From Michael Walsh the City Vigilante Supremo The Stigma Enigma , A powerful thought-provoking paranormal romance The Soul Meets.

Latest Michael Walsh bestsellers: Those who fall victim to the taxman, banks and moneylenders are victims of legalised mugging  DEBTOR’S REVENGE, The Business Booster shows you how to double your profits not your workload THE BUSINESS BOOSTER 

The dissident author’s books available for purchase by visiting his website BOOKSTORE, BUY FROM AUTHOR and POETRY  links.

We are in debt to our donors (click ESPRIT DE CORP) who finance the distribution of spin-free real news and fearlessly expressed views.

KEEP REAL NEWS OPEN: Donate by using Western Union, MoneyGram, Ria, registered mail or contact Michael Walsh: [email protected] or [email protected] 2) Follow our blog. 3) Share our stories and 4) buy our author-signed books. 5) Receive free newsletters by writing subscribe to [email protected]

Michael Walsh currently has eight books listed under BUY DIRECT. Royalties will be ploughed into adding further popular titles declared taboo by the treacherous troika; Amazon, Facebook, and Mainstream Media. When ordering the book contact Michael Walsh by email [email protected] to receive your signed copy.

www.mikewalshwritingservices.wordpress.com

BOOKS THAT CHALLENGE, INSPIRE, INFORM Michael Walsh, ‘Writer of the Year’ with a strong global following. Nearly 64 interesting Amazon book titles famed for changing and improving lives. CLICK TO VIEW  www.mikewalshwritingservices.wordpress.com

New stories every day!

THE ETHNIC-EUROPEAN

The Voice of Ethnic-Europeans Worldwide

https://europeansworldwide.wordpress.com/

https://ethnic-european.blogspot.com/