IN DEPTH: The Parent Complaints That Led New Brunswick to Change Gender Policy for Schools

Parents complained to the education ministry about how gender and sexuality issues were treated in schools.

People opposed to the teaching of gender ideology in schools participate in a march on the grounds of the New Brunswick legislature in Fredericton on Sept. 20, 2023. The Canadian Press/Stephen MacGillivray

In the time leading up to New Brunswick’s highly publicized changes to its school gender policies, parents complained to the education ministry about how gender and sexuality issues were treated in schools.

Several such complaints viewed by The Epoch Times centre on a teacher-led group called Pride in Education (PIE) that pushed for “queering sex ed” as part of an LGBT-inclusive curriculum starting in kindergarten.