Thu Sep 7, 2023 – 2:12 pm EDT
RICHELIEU, Quebec (LifeSiteNews) — A Quebec elementary school has demanded that students use gender neutral pronouns and titles when referring to a “non-binary” teacher at the school.
On August 30, École de Richelieu principal Christine Derom told parents of fifth and sixth graders that one of their childrens’ teachers identified as “non-binary” and must be referred to as “Mx. Martine Laviolette.”
“Mx is pronounced ‘Mix’ and is the gender-neutral equivalent of ‘madame’ and ‘monsieur’ and is used among other things to refer to non-binary people (whose gender identity lies outside the male/female binary system) and people who simply prefer not to be addressed by their gender,” Derom’s letter said.
Mx (Mix) Martine Laviolette
Students returning to this Quebec school will have to refer to one of their teachers as “Mix” (Mx) instead of Madame or Monsieur. pic.twitter.com/3BxUL2Jxm9
— Dacey Media (@chrisdacey) August 30, 2023
The principal added that she would further explain Laviolette’s gender and naming preference to students on the first day of school, along with a “discussion about openness, differences, gender names, etc.”
Derome explained that “Mx Martine invites us to use the feminine to
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