In light of competing protests about the rights of trans children and youth and schooling that unfolded yesterday in different Canadian cities, how should people understand what is happening around movements for “parent rights?”
Today in The Conversation Canada, Corinne L. Mason and Leah Hamilton of Mount Royal University challenge the idea that protests against inclusivity are simply parents who are invested in their children’s education.
They trace the history of the parental rights movement to the United States in the 1970s when it opposed protections for lesbians and gay men against discrimination. Today, this movement has grown and is highly organized and strategic with organizing bodies on both sides of the United States and Canada border.
“According to the Southern Poverty Law Centre,” they write, the parental rights movement is fuelled in the United States by Moms for Liberty, “an anti-government and right-wing extremist organization with ties to white nationalists including the Proud Boys.”
“2SLGBTQIA+ children and youth are being targeted by hate-motivated extremism under the guise of parental rights, and there are several concrete actions Canadians can take to combat this movement.”
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All the best.
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Susannah Schmidt
Education + Arts Editor
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Protesters demonstrate against sexual orientation and gender identity programs in schools in Montréal on Sept. 20, 2023. The protest was one of many across Canada.
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Corinne L. Mason, Mount Royal University; Leah Hamilton, Mount Royal University
The ‘parental rights’ movement isn’t actually about education or protecting children — it is a conduit for right-wing extremism that will only harm 2SLGBTQIA+ youth.
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People gathered outside of the Consulate General of India in Vancouver on June 24, 2023 to protest the recent shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
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Reeta Tremblay, University of Victoria
Hardeep Singh Nijjar is one of three high-profile Sikh political activists to be killed in recent months.
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Besma Boubertakh, Université Laval; Cristoforo Silvestri, Université Laval
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Martina Jakubchik-Paloheimo, Queen's University, Ontario
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Jackson Pind, Trent University
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Leanne Hedberg, MacEwan University
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Kit MacFarlane, University of South Australia
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Jacob S. Suissa, University of Tennessee; Ben Goulet-Scott, Harvard University
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Politics
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William Lawrence, American University
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