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A protester waves a transgender flag at Queen's Park in Toronto, 2023. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on Tuesday invoked the notwithstanding clause for three bills passed last year affecting transgender and gender-diverse youth.

Dr. Patricia Seymour is a family doctor and the parent of a transgender child.

Our child came out to us as transgender after their 15th birthday.

It’s a personal moment I’ll never forget.

I cried and held them, feeling intense sadness that they, or anybody, could be living in a body that was causing them such distress.

Outwardly, I let our child know that we supported and loved them no matter what, but through those early months, I experienced a cascade of emotions based in fear and uncertainty. Even as a family doctor practising in B.C., I knew nothi

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