With more provinces jumping aboard the prejudiced pronoun panic, Jesse and Karyn pick apart the misleading narratives that are helping fuel it.

They also shine light on a legal battle the Toronto Star has quietly been waging to protect a confidential source.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guest: Karyn Pugliese

Further reading: 

• Gender identity, pronouns and schools: Poilievre and others say leave it to parents. Parents say they want to know. Here's what experts say - Toronto Star
• Sask. Opposition says pronoun and naming policy motivated by politics, transphobia - CBC News
• The US Is Exporting Anti-LGBTQ Hate Online - WIRED UK 
• Canada’s Far-Right is Planning a Convoy to Toronto to ‘Save the Children’. It’s Already Spinning Out of Control. - Press Progress
• Oversight misfiring - Winnipeg Free Press
• He was a celebrity pastor at one of Canada's biggest megachurches. Inside the sexual abuse allegations that brought down Bruxy Cavey - Toronto Star
• Her allegations brought down megachurch pastor Bruxy Cavey. Then the anonymous trolls came for her - Toronto Star

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Broadcast on:

31 Aug 2023