NDP’s Kate White calls on Yukon Party to clarify its stance on trans rights for kids

September 13, 2023

WHITEHORSE, YT — Yukon NDP Leader Kate White is calling on the Yukon Party to clarify its position on trans rights after federal Conservatives at the party’s convention last weekend overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on gender-affirming care for trans kids.

“Where the federal Conservative Party goes, their Yukon cousins are likely to follow,” White said Wednesday, Sept. 13.

For many folks, gender-affirming care, like hormone therapies, is life-saving. It is an essential part of our healthcare system.

“Yukoners deserve to know exactly where Currie Dixon and the Yukon Party stand on this issue. Does Currie Dixon stand with trans and gender-diverse kids here in the Yukon? Or would he force them to grow up in bodies that don’t match who they are?” White continued.

“Trans kids deserve to live in bodies that match who they are.”

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