In a Facebook post Monday, Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld denounced members of B.C.’s education system as “radical cultural nihilists” for their policies on gender rights and education.
“At the risk of being labelled a bigoted homophobe, I have to say that I support traditional family values and I agree with the College of Pediatricians that letting little children choose to change gender is nothing short of child abuse,” wrote Neufeld.
In May, Psychology Today wrote that the group Neufeld referred to, the American College of Pediatricians, is “a small but clever anti-LGBT group [that] created a legit-sounding name.”
On its website, the college “urges health-care professionals, educators and legislators to reject all policies that condition children to accept as normal a life of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex.”
Referring to the group’s views, Neufeld began his Facebook post saying, “I can no longer sit on my hands.”
“Now the B.C. Ministry of Education has embraced the LGBT lobby and is forcing this biologically absurd theory on children in our schools,” wrote Neufeld.
Province responds
Education Minister Rob Fleming said trustees can have their own opinions, but the province’s public education system is one that values human rights, democracy and inclusion.
“We have very good consensus around the entire school system around the need to eliminate discrimination to counter bullying,” said Fleming.
“We are in the fifth year of our erase bullying strategy, where we very much looked at some of the harassment and fear that gay and lesbian students, and transgender students in particular, have experienced in our school system, and there was a consensus to eliminate that.”
All B.C. schools have anti-bullying policies that include explicit references to sexual orientation and gender identity.
Facebook reacts
Neufeld’s post drew widespread criticism on Facebook.
“Given your position in leadership, you should know better than to quote a widely discredited pseudo-science source in order to publish hateful material,” wrote Morgane Oger.
“Is it safe to assume that you are stepping down as trustee? And if so, when will you submit your resignation to the board?” wrote Jared Mumford.
Former Vancouver school board chair Patti Bacchus called for Neufeld’s resignation on Twitter.
Trustee Neufeld needs to apologize and resign. His colleagues need to censure him and send a strong message. #bced #chilliwack https://t.co/PiBMJ2JyMu
— Patti Bacchus (@pattibacchus) October 23, 2017
In an apparent attempt to show how times have changed, Neufeld’s post included a meme that quoted kids and parents from 1997 and 2017, contrasting a father, supposedly justified in not allowing his son to have his ears pierced in 1997 — to a son today, telling his mother “I think I am supposed to be a girl.”
Neufeld included this meme with his Facebook post.
Neufeld said he no longer wants any part of a system where “children are taught that heterosexual marriage is no longer the norm.”
“If this represents the values of Canadian society, count me out! I belong in a country like Russia or Paraguay, which recently had the guts to stand up to these radical cultural nihilists.”
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/chilliwack-trustee-gender-1.4368110
Body dysmorphia is a real mental defect and allowing a child to believe they can ever change gender is child abuse. It’s not possible. Most of the loons spouting off they’re trans are merely taking cues from the brainwashing combination of drugs and government media propaganda.
Mr. Neufeld can resign his post in Cananada and be working immediately here in the states. Child abuse is rampant, and especially heinous when laws are enacted for the purpose of abuse.
Our friends up north are getting increasingly stupid, just like us. I always thought they were more level headed, more practical, less knee-jerk-ey than we have been. Maybe it’s because they don’t litter. The place is really tidy. Ontario and British Columbia are the provinces I’ve been and they were immaculate in terms of cleanliness.
Ain’t going there anymore, on accounta, no enhanced driver’s license. Time was crossing into Canada was easier than entering California. The walls are being built around us, but not all walls are solid. The U.S. is a bigass FEMA camp. One can exit only if proper papers are obtained and presented. Passport be damned!!