In an emailed statement on Saturday, a spokesperson said the Saskatchewan Party government “remains committed to implementing the policy.”

“Parents and guardians have an important role in protecting and supporting their children as they grow and develop,” the statement said.

There was no mention of the rally in the Saskatchewan government’s response.

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    The proper path to that is better and more communication between the school and the parents, not authoritatively banning gender affirming care.

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        But authoritatively banning basic gender affirming behavior doesn’t hurt the child?

        Maybe the answer here is put more effort than to make a one sized fits all solution to this crisis.

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          I did not say that in any way. Of course banning gender affirming behaviour hurts the child, just as telling the parents might do.

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            So is your argument that using a child’s preferred pronouns are not a forming of gender affirming care?I’m kinda confused on your position.

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              My position is very simple: don’t tell kids parents about their choices, because telling them might make the parents hurt the kids. What’s the issue with my position?

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                I was under the impression you were against telling parents, which made some of your posts seem very contradictory.

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                  What? I am against telling parents. The comment you replied to literally says: “don’t tell kids parents about their choices”. I have no idea what you’re understanding here. All my comments are talking about the same thing and are fully logical if you read them from the point of view I’m writing them from: don’t tell parents, because they might hurt their kids.

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                    I think the disconnect was your first reply which made me believe you were playing devil’s advocate.

                    I am also not 100% on board with omitting the parents. I think if there a possibility that the children are being harmed that needs to be something our educators are trained to recognize, no different than if the children were showing up to school malnourished or with unexplained bruises.

                    It’s not the school divisions responsibility to determine which ideological beliefs are best for their children and what secrets should be kept from them. They are legal guardians for a reason and have every right to informed of their children’s behavior.

                    But I do feel the school divisions has a responsibility to let the proper authorities know if any kind of child abuse is occurring, which includes not allowing a child to express the gender identity they are comfortable with.