The Roman Catholic Archdiocese in Vancouver, British Columbia has taken a significant step down the path leading to equal treatment of minorities in Canada.
The Archdiocese has ruled that transgender students in the city’s Roman Catholic schools can now ask to be accommodated.
The policy was introduced this week after the family of Tracey Wilson, an 11-year-old transgender girl, filed a human rights complaint.
Specific accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis in consultation with students’ families and doctors.
The superintendent for Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese, Doug Lauson, says the policy strikes the right balance between accommodating students and respecting the board’s religious teachings.
Tracey Wilson, who has now transferred to the public system, says she hopes other students won’t have to go through what she did.
She is preparing to enter the sixth grade this fall.
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