Gender Dysphoria Growing Because It’s Become ‘Popular and Trendy,’ NB Premier Says

Gender Dysphoria Growing Because It’s Become ‘Popular and Trendy,’ NB Premier Says
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs attends a meeting of Canada’s premiers at the Marriott Chateau Champlain in Montreal on Dec. 7, 2018. Martin Ouellet-Diotte/AFP via Getty Images
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During debate on New Brunswick’s revised education gender policy on June 15, Premier Blaine Higgs said there has been a “rapid onset of gender dysphoria” in recent years to the point it has become “popular and trendy.”

“We have a situation that’s growing because there’s such acceptance that OK, this is fine,” he said.