Legal action filed against Sask. government over new school pronoun rules

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A community organization representing LGBTQ people in Regina has filed legal action against the Saskatchewan government over a pronoun policy affecting children at school.

The UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity filed an originating application Thursday in the Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench requesting a judge strike down the changes.

“This policy is, on its face, unconstitutional,” said Bennett Jensen, the director of legal for Egale Canada, a national LGBTQ advocacy organization. Egale is co-legal counsel in the application.

“There’s also the more human response, which is that it puts gender diverse students in a position of real risk. We know that they will experience

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