Archive for the 'Alberta' Category
In early October of 2008, substitute teacher Jan Buterman was informed that he was being dropped from the teacher list and should not report to a scheduled class that day. Jan had spoken with the Deputy Superintendent at the Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division No. 29 the previous June about his transition from [...]
Filed under: Alberta, Canada, Gender Politics, activism, religion, transgender | 10 Comments
(I have to apologize for mostly having to cover everything in a recap, rather than being able to cover everything as it happened. It’s possible that as a consequence some of the links may have become invalid as media phases out old news pages or moves them to members-only sections.)
10,000 people turned out for [...]
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To: Honourable Lindsay Blackett, MLA Calgary-Northwest, Minister of Culture
CC: Premier Ed Stelmach,
Ms. Rachel Notley
Dr. David Swann
The People of Alberta
The Alberta Teachers’ Association
The Pride Centre of Edmonton
Calgary Outlink
Mr. Blackett, please tell me how my very existence is such poison to society that we dare not [...]
Filed under: Alberta, Canada, activism, religion, transgender | 1 Comment
