She-Hulk star Tatiana Maslany has made her stance very clear about children being able to use their preferred pronouns at school without their parents’ permission. As shared below, she commented on a new law that went into effect in Saskatchewan, Canada.
The law, as described via The Independent, “requires school staff to obtain parental consent before using a student’s new name or gender identity.” The law currently applies to students under the age of 16, and for Maslany, she thinks it’s absolutely “absurd.”
Here’s what the She-Hulk star shared about her thoughts on the law and how children should be able to choose their pronouns regardless of their parents’ thoughts:
“It should not be in the control of the parents how a child identifies; how a child knows them self to be,” she begins. “That isn’t a parent’s place – it’s an overreach. It’s an overreach on the part of the provincial government to legislate that. It’s absurd.”
“Children have rights. Children are human beings who have knowledge and who know themselves and we should be taking cues from them. In so many ways, we should be taking cues from them. Listening to them, empowering them to know who they are and to name that,” Maslany said. “It’s their right. It’s not the parents’s right.”
Additionally, while sharing her acceptance speech at the Walk of Fame ceremony, Maslany had a statement to share regarding Gaza:
“I would say with whatever platform I have, that we can’t do nothing. And I would demand that our government demand a cease-fire, stop funding a genocide, stop being complicit in it,” Maslany said. “Thank you for this honor, thank you for being here. Free Palestine.”
The Parents’ Bill of Rights was first signed into effect last year in October of 2023. As such, we’ll have to see what kind of impact this law has, and whether or not others like Tatiana Maslany will be standing up against it or supporting the rights of parents. Stay tuned to ScreenGeek for any additional updates as we have them.