StandWithAnn

**** UPDATE SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 ****

We did it! We raised the funds necessary. Thank you all for “Standing with Ann”. Here’s a special note from Dr. Gillies:

As mentioned in the post below, Campaign Life Coalition will use the surplus donations towards supporting a potential legal appeal by Dr. Gillies, or other similar legal cases. Thank you all for your sacrificial giving!

For life and family,
The CLC Team

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Original Post:

Dr. Ann Gillies is a retired psychologist
and trauma specialist in Ontario who has extensive knowledge on issues of
Gender Dysphoria (formerly called Gender Identity Disorder) and same-sex
attraction.

She was a vocal critic of Justin Trudeau’s
“conversion therapy” ban which became law in January 2022 – legislation which
made it illegal for parents to affirm their gender dysphoric children in the
bodies God gave them – imposing a potential 5-year jail sentence on moms and
dads who refuse to affirm their minor children as the opposite sex. 

We’re crowdfunding for Dr. Gillies after
the Superior Court of Ontario issued a ruling in May 2023 in which it
ordered her to pay $5,000 in legal costs to the Bluewater District School Board
(BDSB). 

Dr. Gillies, who lives in the district, had
sued the school board for censoring her delegation presentation to the board of
Trustees back in 2019. She had planned to object to “allowing the LGBT flag to
be flown at our schools in June” along with the teaching of harmful transgender
ideology in schools. 

In the censored presentation that Trustees
didn’t allow her to make, Dr. Gillies stated, in part:

“Transgender
children don’t exist – this term was brought into being by a coalition of
pressure groups and political activists. It is NOT a scientific or medical
term.”

“We have a
moral obligation to open transgender doctrine to critical scrutiny. We stand in
solidarity with biology, human design, physical reality, health and moralism.
As parents and concerned citizens we politely ask that you do not support the
harmful transgender ideology by allowing the LGBT flag to be flown at our
schools in June.”

This is a stance grounded in scientific
truth and genuine compassion which seeks to protect children from an
ideology that can result in the amputation of perfectly healthy body parts. 

We appreciate her being a Christian
witness to a morally-dulled culture, and for bringing her significant
clinical experience and research in the field of human sexuality to try to
enlighten the Bluewater school trustees.

Public school boards have an obligation to
be open to public input at public meetings, on matters of concern to the
parents and taxpayers of the board. Dr. Gillies felt it was a violation of
both her constitutional rights, and the board’s obligation to listen to public
concerns. 

Sadly, the politically correct judge sided
with the school board, ruling that her presentation could be harmful to “trans”
children. 

Can you imagine the insanity of that
assertion? 

A professional psychologist who is trying
to protect children from sterilizing puberty blockers, genital mutilation and
the mental health problems associated with going down this path, is told by a
judge that her presentation could be harmful to trans youth?

It’s outrageous. 

We need to support brave individuals like
Dr. Gillies. When they stick their necks out for the cause of life and family,
they deserve to be supported by our community. 

For that reason, we’ve started this
crowdfunding campaign. It has a $5,000 goal which she can use to cover the
court-ordered penalty, or to appeal the ruling. Either way, we don’t want to
leave Dr. Gillies holding the bag, alone, when trying to defend our children…
and our freedom of speech.

NOTE: Once the $5,000 goal is met, Campaign Life Coalition will use any surplus donations towards supporting a potential legal appeal by Dr. Gillies, or other similar legal cases.