The Alberta government has pledged to defend its position in court after two advocacy groups filed a constitutional challenge against the province’s pronoun law, which requires parental consent before students under 16 can change their names or pronouns.
Heather Jenkins, press secretary to Alberta’s Justice Minister Mickey Amery, says the province will respond to a legal challenge filed on Sept. 2 by LGBT advocacy groups Egale Canada and Skipping Stone. The organizations argue the legislation, which took effect on Sept. 1, infringes on the constitutional rights of “gender-diverse youth.”
