{"id":518750,"date":"2026-03-06T19:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/518750\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T19:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:18:10","slug":"montreal-teacher-challenges-policy-for-trans-students-to-hide-identity-from-parents-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/518750\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal teacher challenges policy for trans students to hide identity from parents &#8211; Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Erika Morris<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted March 6, 2026 1:03 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Quebec\u2019s Superior Court is hearing arguments in a case about a teacher who claimed her Charter rights were violated when she was ordered to hide a student\u2019s gender identity from the student\u2019s parents.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Provincial policy allows children 14 years and older to change their name and pronouns in school without parental consent.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>The Montreal high school teacher filed a constitutional challenge in 2023 after she was told by her school to use male pronouns for a 14-year-old student in class and female ones with the student\u2019s parents.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11718576\/iran-canada-military-gulf-allies-carignan\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772824690_492_Jennie-Carignan-Iran-March-5-e1772755290929.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCanada\u2019s military chief says allies to talk defending Gulf states from Iran\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11717940\/kristi-noem-reassigned-special-envoy-donald-trump\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772824690_22_kristi-noem-reassigned.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tKristi Noem, who oversaw ICE operations, moved to new \u2018special envoy\u2019 role\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s preliminary hearing is about the anonymity of witness statements.<\/p>\n<p>The court has not yet set a date to hear arguments in the wider case.<\/p>\n<p>The court is withholding the teacher\u2019s identity to protect the names of students in the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Erika Morris The Canadian Press Posted March 6, 2026 1:03 pm 1 min read Descrease article 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