With Doug Ford as Premier, are our kids vulnerable"
I had to ban an old high school friend from my blog?s Facebook page last night after the Ontario Election was called. After hearing Doug Ford would be the new Premier, she posted ?At least my kids won?t have sodomy shoved in their faces at school anymore!?
This now-unfriended ?friend? had written her comment in response to my post about how worried my children were when they found out the Ontario PC Party had won a majority government in yesterday?s provincial election. Near tears, one of my teen daughters had said, ?They?re going to undo all the work the Liberals did to teach kids about inclusion. What does that mean for people like us"?
My ?friend?s? (now-deleted) response saddened me, but it didn?t surprise me. Working as an LGBTQ advocate, I?ve seen a dramatic increase in the bigoted comments and tweets on social media since Donald Trump was elected as US President last year. With a similarly unapologetically loud, brash and socially conservative candidate just winning in my home province, I?ve seen many statements along these lines from some of his supporters already, and sadly I expect to see more. Among the party?s pledges to voters is to remove the existing Health and Physical Education Curriculum (?sex-ed?) from public schools, which was implemented by the now-defeated Liberal government and includes teaching students about gender and sexual orientation.
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