A tech company is apologizing after trans students were “outed” to their classmates because of an data error that affected eight school divisions in Saskatchewan.
Edsby is an online portal meant to help teachers, parents and students communicate. Students can use it before the school year begins to take a look at their timetables and see whether they have any classes with friends.
Earlier this week, a Saskatoon parent discovered her transgender son was deadnamed on the platform. Deadnaming is when a transgender person is called by their birth or legal name, rather than the name they identify by.
“[My son has] gone through all of
