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https://nypost.com/2026/02/25/media/canadian-school-trustee-hit-with-750k-penalty-for-trans-policy-facebook-posts/
Canada school trustee ordered to pay $750K over trans-policy Facebook posts
A former trustee of the Chilliwack Board of Education in British Columbia has been ordered to pay $750,000 following a ruling by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal over his public comments opposing transgender policies.
In a decision issued Feb. 18, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal ordered Barry Neufeld, a former Chilliwack Board of Education trustee, to pay $750,000, “to the members of the Class, comprised of CTA members identifying as LGBTQ between October 2017 through 2022, for injury to their dignity, feelings, and self-respect.”
The decision says Neufeld was first exposed to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) called “SOGI 1 2 3” in the decision, in 2017 when he attended an “information night” about SOGI, hosted by Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson, described as a television personality.
According to the ruling, on Oct. 23, 2017, Neufeld posted on Facebook describing SOGI, as a “‘weapon of propaganda,’ which instructs children about the ‘absurd theory’ that ‘gender is not biologically determined, but a social construct.’”
He said “‘allowing’ children to ‘change gender’ was child abuse.’”
Canada school trustee ordered to pay $750K over trans-policy Facebook posts
A former trustee of the Chilliwack Board of Education in British Columbia has been ordered to pay $750,000 following a ruling by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal over his public comments opposing transgender policies.
In a decision issued Feb. 18, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal ordered Barry Neufeld, a former Chilliwack Board of Education trustee, to pay $750,000, “to the members of the Class, comprised of CTA members identifying as LGBTQ between October 2017 through 2022, for injury to their dignity, feelings, and self-respect.”
The decision says Neufeld was first exposed to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) called “SOGI 1 2 3” in the decision, in 2017 when he attended an “information night” about SOGI, hosted by Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson, described as a television personality.
According to the ruling, on Oct. 23, 2017, Neufeld posted on Facebook describing SOGI, as a “‘weapon of propaganda,’ which instructs children about the ‘absurd theory’ that ‘gender is not biologically determined, but a social construct.’”
He said “‘allowing’ children to ‘change gender’ was child abuse.’”
