ONTARIO, October 19, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — All Ontario minor hockey coaches and trainers must complete training on transgenderism as part of an Ontario Human Rights settlement reached with Hockey Canada three years ago.
The ruling dates back to a 2013 complaint filed with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal by Jesse Thompson, a girl who identifies as a boy.
Thompson said at the time she felt “outed” because she wasn’t allowed in the boys’ locker room or the girls’ locker room.
Hockey Canada agreed to a settlement in September 2014 that included its Ontario associations putting gender identity training in place for their more than 30,000 coaches and trainers by 2017.
Hockey Canada also agreed to revise its Ontario co-ed dressing room policy.
The ruling applies to three associations: Hockey Eastern Ontario (HEO), the Ontario Hockey Federation and Hockey Northwestern Ontario.
According to the HEO website, coaches and trainers were required to complete a course on gender identity and a course on the new co-ed dressing room policy by October 1 if already assigned to a team. If assigned by the end of the month, they had 30 days to complete the two courses.
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