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Canadian Ad Warns Against Trans "Confusion" 

Canadian Ad Warns Against Trans "Confusion" 

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A right-wing Canadian group has placed an ad in the National Post alleging the LGBT-inclusive curriculum in Toronto schools will "confuse" children about their gender identity.

The full-page ad, which ran yesterday, shows a photo of a young girl and includes the text, "Please! Don't confuse me. I'm a girl. Don't teach me to question if I'm a boy, transsexual, transgendered, intersexed, or two spirited." It also features various quotes from materials given to teachers in Toronto schools, for instance advising them to have students write "gender-bending" versions of traditional fairy tales and read the children's book Gloria Goes to Gay Pride. The ad, sponsored by the ultraconservative Institute for Canadian Values, is "presenting these optional lessons as mandatory," reports Canadian gay newspaper Xtra!

"The ad revives the 'StopCorruptingChildren.com' campaign that launched last year to protest proposed revisions to the physical and health education curriculum that would include more sex education for younger children," Xtra! further notes. It also calls on all candidates running in the Ontario provincial election October 6 to oppose the revisions.

The Post has promised to look into why the ad was run, noting that it probably did not meet the paper's usual standards. LGBT advocates have denounced the ad widely on Twitter and elsewhere, and trans activist Chase Joynt has responded with a parody ad with his own picture and text including "Please! Don't insult me" and "Teach me to question everything."

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Canadian Ad Warns Against Trans "Confusion" 

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.