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This month, New Brunswick\u2019s Department of Education announced changes to a policy meant to protect LGBTQ students. As of Saturday, the minister responsible says staff can\u2019t call kids under 16 by their preferred pronouns or names unless they have parental permission, though the actual text of the changes differs.\n\n\nPremier Blaine Higgs has added to the controversy with misleading comments about coming out as transgender being \u201ctrendy\u201d and the risks of gender-affirming care. For these changes and a number of Higgs\u2019 past moves, two of his cabinet ministers have resigned, and more than half the party\u2019s riding presidents have signed letters that could trigger a vote on his leadership.\n\nToday on Front Burner, CBC New Brunswick reporter Hadeel Ibrahim and provincial affairs reporter Jacques Poitras explain the upheaval amoung LGBTQ advocates and Higgs\u2019 own MLAs, and the fears for backsliding of rights beyond the province.\n\nFor transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts