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Title: Vancouver School Board Adopts Progressive Transgender Policy
Post by: IzzyV on June 21, 2014, 11:39:33 AM
I'm no reporter so you can take this article with as much skepticism as I did but if its true then I'm taking it as a step In the right direction.

Vancouver School Board Adopts Progressive Transgender Policy (https://news.vice.com/article/vancouver-school-board-adopts-progressive-transgender-policy)

The LGBTQ community is making strides on the west coast of Canada this week. On June 15, the mayor of Edmonton presented a 12-year-old transgendered boy with his new and hard-fought-for birth certificate. The new birth certificate recognizes the minor, Wren Kauffman, as a male and not the female he was at birth.

Then, on Monday, the Vancouver School Board (VSB) finally voted for a new transgender policy that allows students to choose a name that best represents their gender identity. They have also enacted a policy for single-stall, genderless washrooms. On top of that, the VSB has introduced gender-neutral pronouns: xe (third person), xem (plural), and xyr (possessive) for students who do not identify with traditional gender roles.
(the rest of the article is in the above link)
Title: Re: Vancouver School Board Adopts Progressive Transgender Policy
Post by: Literary X on July 28, 2014, 02:37:42 PM
Oh my God, this is great! Looks like I'll be teaching in Vancouver!