Diana’s Little Corner in the Nutmeg State: Now If Only Other Parochial Schools Will Follow

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Now If Only Other Parochial Schools Will Follow

All we see in the news is Catholic schools barring transgender, lesbian, and gay students but one Catholic school in Canada bucked the trend,

Vancouver Catholic schools adopt transgender policy
CTV News
James Keller, The Canadian Press
Published Wednesday, July 16, 2014

VANCOUVER -- Catholic schools in Vancouver have adopted a policy that could allow transgender students to use the pronouns, uniforms and washrooms that match their gender identity after a human rights complaint forced the local archdiocese to balance its religious teachings with the rights of transgender children.

The lawyer for the 11-year-old transgender girl behind the complaint says Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese appears to be the first Catholic school board in North American to implement such a policy.

But all is not that rosy, the school also said,

The policy stresses gender "expression" and notes Catholic teaching says people cannot change their sexual or gender identity. The document says the school cannot support or accommodate a student who wants to transition from one gender to another.

They don’t use the word “transgender” but use the medical term gender dysphoria instead and it is like they agreed to let them use their preferred name, gender pronoun, bathroom, and uniform to humor them. But I don't care as long as she is able to be herself.

1 comment:

Anonymous7/17/14, 10:23 PM
That's still a pretty big leap for a Catholic school. Wow. Wish I could have worn a plaid jumper and white Peter Pan collar blouse in 6th or 7th grade. Stupid necktie and pants, ugh.
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