Quebec school board clarifies that there is no litter box on school property and students are not being led on leashes
Isabelle Godbout, who heads the Lac-Abitibi school service centre, called the situation “absurd” in an interview with Radio-Canada.
In an interview with Radio-Canada, Mona Greenbaum, the executive director of the LGBT+ Family Coalition, said she believes the rumours are started by adults as a way to “discredit trans youth and to make the whole thing seem like this absolutely crazy idea.”Article content The rumour appears to have first surfaced in Canada in October 2021, when Norbert Carpenter, director of the Public Schools Branch of P.E.I., issued a statement noting that litter boxes were not being placed in P.E.I. schools for students who identify as cats.
The unsubstantiated rumour was then pounced on by politicians and commentators, spreading the hoax further.
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