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Transgender Student Challenges Catholic School Board Over Chosen Name Policies

April 19, 2021/1 Comment/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Mac Svolos

A transgender Catholic student in Canada is petitioning to be able to graduate with his chosen name on his diploma, and the student also hopes to make changes in educational policy so that others will have the same opportunity. Read More

Catholic School Board in Canada Allows Gay-Straight Alliances

August 21, 2012/4 Comments/in Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The Windsor-Essex Catholic School Board, Ontario, Canada, has relented and agreed to allow gay-straight alliances... Read More

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