Thu Nov 10, 2022 – 6:23 pm EST
BURLINGTON, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — An Ontario school board employing a high school teacher who scandalized students and parents by teaching in massive prosthetic breasts complete with protruding fake nipples says educators should be able to express their “lived gender,” as not allowing so could lead to lawsuits.
The November 8 memo allowing teachers to effectively wear whatever they feel conforms to their “lived gender,” came from the Halton District School Board’s (HDSB) superintendent of human resources, Sari Taha, and director of education Curtis Ennis, and was sent to HDSB staff and the board’s chair Margo Shuttleworth.
The HDSB memo reads: “It is clear from the above analysis the implementation of a formal staff dress code or grooming standards would likely expose the board to considerable liability. Even if a dress code is implemented for non-discriminatory reasons, it would likely be found to be discriminatory where it adversely affects an employee or group of employees on the basis of their code-protected grounds.”
The memo goes on to state that the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario says “an employer will have to be prepared to establish any sex-linked differences
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