{"id":125119,"date":"2024-03-25T19:37:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T19:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/tegan-and-sara-use-junos-speech-to-call-out-alberta-policies-affecting-trans-youth\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T19:37:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T19:37:15","slug":"tegan-and-sara-use-junos-speech-to-name-out-alberta-insurance-policies-affecting-trans-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/tegan-and-sara-use-junos-speech-to-name-out-alberta-insurance-policies-affecting-trans-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Tegan and Sara use Junos speech to name out Alberta insurance policies affecting trans youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>At the Juno Awards in Halifax on Sunday night time, Calgary-raised pop duo <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/tegan-and-sara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tegan and Sara<\/a> obtained a standing ovation after talking out in opposition to insurance policies Alberta\u2019s authorities is proposing that might have an effect on transgender youth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the world were not so hostile to 2SLGBTQ+ people, we would see ourselves purely as musicians,\u201d Sara Quin informed the group as she and her sister accepted the Juno Humanitarian Award for his or her work to advocate for LGBTQ2 individuals. \u201cAdvocating for our community\u2019s rights is a great privilege, and we are dedicated to confronting any form of discrimination that threatens the well-being of our community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike the Alberta government\u2019s attempt to prevent trans youth from accessing vital care.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tTegan and Sara settle for the humanitarian award on the Juno awards, in Halifax on Sunday.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tTHE CANADIAN PRESS\/Darren Calabrese\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tegan and Sara had been offered with the award by actor <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/elliot-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elliot Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Page, the Oscar-nominated star of <em>Juno<\/em>, <em>Inception<\/em> and <em>The Umbrella Academy<\/em>, got here out as transgender in 2020.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tElliot Page embraces Tegan and Sara as they settle for the humanitarian award on the Juno awards, in Halifax on Sunday.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tTHE CANADIAN PRESS\/Darren Calabrese\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>This winter, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10264436\/alberta-parental-rights-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier Danielle Smith introduced a brand new wide-ranging set of proposed insurance policies<\/a> by way of social media that might have an effect on transgender youth in Alberta.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-textSignup\" data-gnca-ab-test=\"nl-region\" data-gnca-ab-variation=\"control\">\n\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tBreaking information from Canada and world wide\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-textSignup__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10381836\/tegan-and-sara-junos-speech-trans-alberta\/javascript:void(0)\" data-micromodal-trigger=\"newsletter-signup\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"article | newsletter signup text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t despatched to your e-mail, because it occurs.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/strong>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-textSignup\" data-gnca-ab-test=\"nl-region\" data-gnca-ab-variation=\"test\">\n\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tBreaking information from Canada and world wide\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-textSignup__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10381836\/tegan-and-sara-junos-speech-trans-alberta\/javascript:void(0)\" data-micromodal-trigger=\"newsletter-signup\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"article | newsletter signup text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t despatched to your e-mail, because it occurs.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/strong>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>She mentioned her authorities plans to introduce insurance policies requiring dad and mom to be notified or to offer consent for his or her youngsters who need to change their names or pronouns at college.<\/p>\n<p>She additionally mentioned Alberta plans to usher in restrictions associated to hormone remedy and surgical procedure for transgender youth in addition to new guidelines governing who transgender athletes can compete with in sporting occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Smith additionally introduced her authorities will purpose to make sure there are extra docs in Alberta with experience in gender-affirming procedures and the care wanted for individuals who have these procedures.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Sunday, Global News reached out to Smith\u2019s workplace to ask for a press release in response to Tegan and Sara\u2019s speech on the Juno Awards.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10381721\/toronto-dog-attack-child-injured\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/95290a47-8744-4414-9365-bcf48ae38559.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span 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lady compelled to stroll topless via airport safety in Dominican Republic<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cThe government is introducing these policies across several ministries to preserve the choices children and youth have before potentially making life-altering and often irreversible adult decisions,\u201d Sam Blackett, the premier\u2019s press secretary, wrote in an e-mail. \u201cTo reaffirm our support for the transgender community, we are also providing additional supports to assist transgender adults to secure the health care they need like bringing medical professionals who specialize in transgender care to Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re also developing a private registry of medical professionals who specialize in this field to make it easier for transgender Albertans to access needed medical treatment and care. Additionally, we\u2019re developing a counselling pilot project to help youth identifying as transgender and their families work through often difficult and complex issues and discussions.\u201d<\/p>\n<section id=\"sophi_article_widget\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--text l-inlineStories--sophi\" aria-label=\"More on Entertainment\" data-sophi-feature=\"article-entertainment\">\n<\/section>\n<p>Tegan and Sara are an identical twin sisters, who had been born and raised in Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday night time, Tegan Quin described a few of the current insurance policies proposed in some Canadian provinces as a \u201cmovement against trans youth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t be complacent,\u201d she mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should step up. \u2026 I also think we have a voice to remind our government we should be focused on more important things like climate change, the fentanyl crisis, the housing crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>\u2014 with information from The Canadian Press<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_10270723_6601cd21310dd\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"10270723\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/10270723\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_10270723_6601cd21310dd\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: '\u2018I hope it doesn\u2019t come to that\u2019: Premier Smith on notwithstanding clause option for new trans policies'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" 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