Yeehaw motherfuckers

Unfortunately (and i hate to say this, unsurprisingly) it’s more likely that it will pass than not

I haven’t seen too much mention of it out of the province but yes, Danielle Smith and the UCP party are trying to put some very transphobic and likely dangerous laws in place such as

-for a student under the age of 16 to change their name or pronouns at school, they will need parental consent

-for any students 16-17, they won’t need consent but their parents will be told

-any material about sexual education, gender identity and sexuality have to be approved by the government and parents have to opt in for their kids (its already available for parents to opt out)

-Trans women and girls will be banned from competing any women’s sports (both professional and not)

-doctors will be unable to give HRT or puberty blockers to those under the age of 16

-Performing any sort of top or bottom surgery on anyone under the age of 18 will be illegal

I honestly have no idea how to describe how upset and scared this has made me or even explain how bad and harmful this bill will be

If I missed anything or was unclear anywhere, please let me know

if you can, please sign one of the several petitions, such as this one here

If you’re albertan, support your trans friends and family as much as possible

If you’re trans just please, please stay safe

so uh. On a car trip rn and we were sorta just rambling about the province on a server with some friends and now I’m here. Hi im Alberta, and while not an introject of the rp character in this gimmick, I’ve decided to take over the running of this blog!!!

Random little details that I want to point out

Bighorn sheep inspo because it’s the official animal of the province (horns + ears)

zipoff shorts because I genuinely wear them unironically because they’re great actually, especially with how much the weather changes where I live

yhese are all rougher sketches and so they’re not the most refined but I like that

Bandana because ☝️similar to the pants I just like them

I’ve read through Bill 25 and I want to talk about a few things.

You can the document itself out if you want, although it’s admittedly kind of hard to read. I’m not going to talk about everything in it, mainly just a few changes and additions.

First of all? The fact that they’re essentially prohibiting the display of any flags other than the Canadian and Albertan flags in schools.

If a school wants to fly another flag- say a pride flag or the Métis flag, they need permission. Only flags allowed by the Minister of Education can be shown in schools.

That’s not all for section 61. Requiring the national anthem to be played at least once a week in schools was also added.

Which. The fact that a student would need to send a request to a teacher or the principal that is signed by a parent to not stand for the anthem? The fact an employee of the board would need to send a request permission from their superiors to be allowed to not stand for the anthem?

That is fucking bullshit if you ask me.

(Honestly if the UCP wants to be American soooo badly, why don’t they just leave the province and go there themselves and leave us the fuck alone)

And well, since when would Danielle Smith ever leave schools- in particular marginalized students alone, they’ve straight up removed any promise of a welcoming environment that is respectful of differences and diversity.

I would like to note that this change is repeated many, many times throughout the bill. I only screenshotted these two but there are many more places where any mention of respecting diversity and supporting feelings of belonging are completely removed from the Education act.

“A safe and caring environment that fosters and maintains respectful and responsable behaviour” doesnt do shit if a disabled or queer or Black or Indigenous or so many other kids who would be vulnerable in a classroom feel like they’re not welcome to ask for help, to share their experiences.

It doesn’t do anything to any students who might feel like they’re alone in their class because nobody else is like them. Even if an environment is safe and fosters respect and reasonable behaviour, it’s not going to support any of the people who need it most.

(The UCP doesn’t fucking care, either.)

(The only thing that does help said students is that they finally added a requirement for those who were found to need help in literacy tests to get it. They still forgot it when the tests were implemented, so it’s a lot less impressive as it was only added due to overlooking it the first time around)