Tatiana Maslany, the star of Marvel’s “She-Hulk” streaming series, recently expressed her view that parents should not be afforded the right to “control how a child identifies” as the youth in Western nations become increasingly entangled in woke gender ideology. Maslany’s comments follow the passage of an education law in Canada that would require schools to notify parents of changes in their child’s behavior related to gender expression.
Reportedly, authorities in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan enacted a law that would require schools to alert the parents of children who began identifying as a different gender, including the student requesting to be addressed with different pronouns. Furthermore, the measure would prevent schools from transitioning a child without parental consent.
As expected, progressive LGBT activists, such as Maslany, are outraged over the law. During a public appearance at a Canada Walk of Fame event at Hotel Saskatchewan, the actress weighed in on the gender-related law in the province, asserting that parents should have no role in influencing their child’s gender identity.
Maslany claimed that young, impressionable children, who are not trusted with other life-altering decisions until they are much older, have a superior understanding of themself compared to their parents. “It should not be in the control of parents how a child identifies. How a child knows them self to be. That isn’t a parent’s place – it’s an overreach,” she stated. “It’s an overreach on the part of the provincial government to legislate that. It’s absurd.”
The actress continued, suggesting it was an infringement of a child’s right to interfere with their self-determined gender identities. “Children have rights. Children are human beings who have knowledge and who know themselves and we should be taking cues from them. In so many ways, we should be taking cues from them. Listening to them, empowering them to know who they are and to name that,” Maslany added, before emphasizing the parents should have no place in the matter. “It’s their right. It’s not the parent’s right.”
Following the passage of the Saskatchewan law, a heated legal battle has ensued between LGBT activists and proponents of the measure. In February, a judge ruled that a court challenge against the Saskatchewan law can proceed. Justice Michael Megaw determined that UR Pride, an LGBT group in Regina, is allowed to argue its case around the Charter of Rights and Freedoms despite the fact that the Charter’s notwithstanding clause has been invoked.
Bennett Jensen, the legal director at Egale Canada and co-counsel for UR Pride, stated, “We’re relieved that the court has agreed that we need to be able to argue on behalf of gender-diverse students in the province and that the government’s use of the notwithstanding clause doesn’t limit our fight,” celebrating the judge’s ruling.
However, Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre expressed disappointment with Megaw’s decision. She claimed that they “will not hesitate” to use the notwithstanding clause against the Section 12 argument.” Eyre further stated, “We remain committed to using all tools necessary to protect parental rights, including requesting a stay of this decision and an appeal all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada if necessary.”
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