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Father Banned From Coaching Son’s Hockey Team For Refusing To Take Gender Identity Course, Report Says

Hank Berrien
Father Banned From Coaching Son’s Hockey Team For Refusing To Take Gender Identity Course, Report Says
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According to a report, a father who had assisted as a volunteer in coaching his son’s hockey team for three years has been barred from coaching because he refused to take a mandatory gender identity training course.

The Canadian man, identified by Quillette as “John Doe” because, as the Quillettewriter surmises, he could accused of transphobia for speaking to the media, completed a series of mandated courses, and says he supports anti-discrimination efforts led by Hockey Eastern Ontario and the Ontario Hockey Federation (OHF). Those organizations  supervise minor hockey in Ontario, from players as young as six years old.

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