‘Communities are terrified’: trans advocate Johnstone blasts feds for allowing hate, disinformation to rise while Conservative premiers enforce restrictions on LGBTQ+ kids

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's new policies restricting health care for trans children is 'just the polite political expression' of anti-queer and anti-trans hate, says trans advocate Fae Johnstone.

Ottawa-based trans advocate Fae Johnstone says the federal Liberal government needs to do more to protect the rights of the LGBTQ+ community including trans people, and combat the rise in transphobia.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHELSEA NASH

February 1, 2024

The federal government has condemned Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s recently announced policy restricting access to certain health-care measures for transgender children in the province, but one community advocate says the Liberals have “nothing to say other than prett...

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