To the candidates competing to repeal SOGI, I want to say something plainly. You are not punching up. You are punching down. You are targeting the most vulnerable students in our school system, kids who are already being bullied at rates that should disturb anyone who has ever met a child

Candidates in the upcoming BC Conservative leadership election are spouting some heinous comments about the most vulnerable kids in schools.

Do better!

#bcpoli #SOGI123

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9/13 British Columbians should care deeply, Goodyear argues. Protests against B.C.'s SOGI 123 have made headlines.

"Local organizations hostile to sex education and abortion rights view Alberta's policies as proof of concept."
#BCEducation #SOGI123

5/9 BC has a long history of clashes over LGBTQ2S+ books. In 2002, Supreme Court ruled Surrey's attempt to ban books with same-sex parents violated School Act requirements.

SOGI 123 still faces pushback.
#SOGI123 #Education

Our school’s collective art project for #PinkShirtDay created today over lunch for the foyer. #vsblearns #edchat #bced #teacher #nobullying #sogi123

Malkiat (Bill) Shoker, the John Deer tractor driver from Chilliwack is facing multiple charges & is to appear in court in Surrey in January. His lawyer is maintaining that this gentleman's peaceful protest rights are protected under the Charter. #SOGI123 www.theprogress.com/local-news/c... peaceful?

"But @glenhansman and others, including Elizabeth Saewyc, professor and director of #UBC’s School of Nursing and executive director of the Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre, say many of the materials backing up #SOGI123 are peer reviewed and evidence-based." 6/

Plus, there is mischaracterizations of the lesson plans' content: "'The twisted things that I’m hearing...it’s just astounding. People think kids are being taught about anal sex.' There are no mentions of sexual health, sexual education or anal sex on the #SOGI123 website." 5/

"At the Chilliwack school district offices rallies both for and against #SOGI materials have been held since fall 2017. That’s when incumbent trustee Barry Neufeld published his incendiary FB post against #SOGI123 lesson plans, mislabeling them as curriculum..." 3/