One of 12 groups which applied to have intervenor status in the legal dispute over the province’s pronoun consent bylaw has been denied. The Saskatchewan Appeal Court disallowed Our Duty Canada’s application. Online, ODC describes itself as “a support network for parents of children of any age experiencing transgender ideation.” The ODC was applying to be an intervenor for the provincial government.

The Appeals Court granted leave to the provinces of New Brunswick and Alberta to be intervenors on the provincial government’s appeal to quash the legal challenge against the bylaw. The other nine organizations were accepted as intervenors for the University of Regina’s UR Pride, which launched the legal challenge against the pronoun bylaw, which states that students under 16 need parental consent for their names or pronouns to be changed while at school.

The intervenors for UR Pride are: The Advocates’ Society, BC Civil Liberties Association, John Howard Society of Saskatchewan, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Justice for Children and Youth, a joint application from the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour, Canadian Union of Public Employees and Canadian Teachers’ Federation, as well as the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia and the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund Inc.