Alberta Premier Marlaina Smith plans to enact policies that will unavoidable HURT Trans kids while pretending to care about their protection.

Some of these changes include forcing tans kids below the age of 16 to get parental permission in order to use different pronouns or a different name and even 16 and over the parents must still be informed.

How does this protect trans youth? How does outing them against their will do anything but put them at risk for abuse from bad parents?
What parental right is violated by not being informed that a child is using different pronouns?

*Oh, and just in case you were wondering where Premier Marlaina Smith got her information, don't worry, she has consulted all the best experts:

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NerdyPotato · M

She's a true politician: incapable of answering questions, but very good at dodging them in a way that makes it sound to a casual listener like she's answering. But at the end there's finally some honesty: "With the way we framed it, we hope people will support this."

Fact is that 16 years is too late, at the very least for puberty blockers. Puberty is irreversible, and transitioning after starting that takes a lot more surgery with worse results. Puberty blockers can be stopped at any time and children will grow exactly the same way as they would without ever taking them, just a few years later.

Pikachu ·

@NerdyPotato

lol yeah she's got the "Answer the question you wanted to be asked, not the one you were asked" strategy down very well.

act is that 16 years is too late, at the very least for puberty blockers. Puberty is irreversible,

Right? That's a no brainer. It makes no sense to restrict puberty blockers until after puberty...or at least it makes no sense if she were being honest that these policies are meant to help Trans kids.