The controversial review of a New Brunswick school policy that guarantees basic protection for LGBTQ students has recently been expanded to include a section on washroom access, an issue also addressed in federal human rights law.
Education Minister Bill Hogan says the review of Policy 713 will consider issues such as how to have gender-neutral washrooms in schools with infrastructure challenges and whether the policy affects the rights of students who aren’t transgender.
“We want to talk about the rights of female students and whether or not they’re comfortable going into a washroom with a biological male,” Hogan told Information Morning Fredericton.
Hogan’s plan to explore these questions comes
