Greece on Thursday became the first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex civil marriage, despite opposition from the influential, socially conservative Greek Church. A cross-party majority of 176 lawmakers in the 300-seat parliament voted late Thursday in favor of the landmark bill drafted by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ‘ center-right government. Another 76 rejected the … Read more
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith stood behind her government’s recently announced policies regarding transgender youth, gender-affirming care, sex education and parental notification. In a news conference Thursday, Smith said she believes the suite of policies and guidelines, announced on Wednesday afternoon through a video shared on social media, “struck the right balance.” The policy includes a … Read more
Alberta will be requiring schools to notify and gather parental consent if their child changes their names and pronouns in school. In a social media post on Wednesday afternoon, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the government will be requiring parental notification and consent if a child 15 years or younger changes their name and pronouns … Read more
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he wouldn’t change how he and his government handled controversial changes to school gender identity policy. “I’m not sure what else that I would have done differently,” he said in a year-end interview with Global News. “Really, we had a policy that hides information from parents? That’s problematic.” News … Read more
