A Gender-Affirming Witch Hunt With $$$$ Consequences

"Transpeople are, by definition, people 'whose gender identity does not align with the sex assigned to them at birth'. If a person elects not to 'believe' that gender identity is separate from sex assigned at birth, then they do not 'believe in transpeople."

"This is a form of existential denial."

"[Neufeld] engaged in a high-profile public campaign against SOGI 1 2 3 and the values underlying it [in]  social media posts, as well as in statements made in Board meetings, rallies and interviews."

"[Neufeld called SOGI 1 2 3 a] weapon of propaganda [which threatened] traditional family values [and instructed children about the] absurd theory [that] gender is not biologically determined, but a social construct."

"This 'lie', [he warned], alienates children from their parents and primes them for sexual abuse." 

British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal 

Former Chilliwack, B.C., school trustee has been ordered to pay $750,000 to LGBTQ teachers in the school district for injury to their dignity, feelings and self-respect. (Chilliwack School District)

 

A long-time member of the Chilliwack, B.C. school board, 62-year-old Barry Neufeld, was ordered by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal to pay compensation of $750,000 to the LGBTQ members of the Chilliwack Teachers' Association who had brought their complaint against the man to the tribunal, on the basis that he had infringed upon their rights and derided their beliefs, while campaigning against schoolchildren being formally exposed through curricula to LGBTQ propaganda. 

 

In claiming that it was balancing the rights of free expression against hate and discrimination, the tribunal paved the way it pursued in defaming and depriving a responsible, mature man with an academic background in human relations of  his own human rights and his right to express his opinion through free speech, leading to an extraordinarily heavy financial burden imposed upon him, to the satisfaction of those  his views had so dreadfully offended. But there are those on the B.C. school board who have taken offence at the outcome. 

"[The decision to resign as trustee was] effective immediately [the Neufeld ruling from the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has placed a chill on public discourse]. I can no longer do my job. All democratically-elected officials must feel comfortable to speak their mind without worrying about accusations of workplace discrimination."
"Since I no longer feel safe in expressing myself on the board in legitimate ways, the only proper course is to resign."

Laurie Throness, Chilliwack School Board trustee 

According to the tribunal's ruling, merely denying the existence of transpeople transcends hate speech. It has the effect of being "speech which denies the authentic existence of trans and gender diverse people [which] bears a hallmark of hate against them". Mr. Neufeld earned a degree in adolescent psychology. He has worked as a corrections, probation and restorative justice facilitation officer. Has worked with sex offenders, and was an elected trustee of the Chilliwack Board of Education. In that latter function his statements were clearly opposed to gender identity and the effect the ideology would have on children. 

 

The government of British Columbia had amended its human rights code in 2015 to include "gender identity or expression" as protected grounds from discrimination. The Ministry of Education went on to direct its schools and boards of education to take due cognizance in updating their codes of conduct to address he issue of bullying based on sexual orientation and gender identity under the nomenclature of SOGI 1 2 3. The ruling found Mr. Neufeld guilty of  24 instances of discrimination.

 

The BC Human Rights Tribunal is a kangaroo court run by a woke activist judiciary. Harman Banghu, MLA for Langley-Abbotsford, B.C. X  Pictured, Barry Neufeld

 

Accusing LGBTQ groups of portraying themselves as victims, while delineating a new 'caste system', Mr. Neufeld urged people to reject the "powerful" LGBTQ "lobby group", and spoke of genderfluid as "delusional thinking". He had exposed lesbian, gays and transpeople, according to the tribunal, to hatred and contempt. Views so toxic and harmful the tribunal warned: "We caution the reader that this decision reproduces Mr. Neufeld's discriminatory statements. Reading them may be difficult for some readers".  

 

As for warning of dangers in "gender affirming medical treatment" for children (such as puberty blockers,  hormones or surgery) this too represented a shocking betrayal of the needs of gender-aversive children; quoting Mr. Neufeld's vile statement: "Allowing children to choose their gender is nothing short of child abuse". Obviously in need of a penalty that would deter any other social Neanderthal from repeating such slanders so very harmful to the LGBTQ community. 

"He spreads alarm and misinformation about gender affirming recognition and care for trans kids, especially in public schools."

"Contrary to Mr. Neufeld's view, gender affirming recognition and care for trans and gender diverse children is life saving."

"[To even say that there is a] gender ideology [to be debated is discriminatory]."

B.C. Human Rights Tribunal 

B.C. Human Rights Tribunal / file photo Vancouver Sun

 

Free Speech? Hush ... Not Another Word ... The Walls Have Ears

"Separating gender identity from assigned biological sex is a fiction and an 'ideology' to be opposed."

"Teaching children about sexual orientation and gender identity, and/or affirming their LGBTQ identities, harms them and primes them for abuse." 

"[It is time for] educators to stop affirming the gender identities of students."

"But the scary thing is that [promoting this gender bending theory] has already demonized people of faith who believe that God created humans male and female: In the Image of God. Here is my prophecy to the Church: If you don’t get off your duffs and push back against this insidious new teaching, the day is coming (maybe it is already here) when the government will apprehend your children and put them in homes where they will be encouraged to explore homosexuality and gender fluidity."

Barry Neufeld, former Chilliwack school trustee

A B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has released its decision against former trustee Barry Neufeld on Feb. 17, 2026. (The Chilliwack Progress file)

"This ruling recognizes the very real harm experienced by 2SLGBTQIA+ teachers in Chilliwack and reinforces that they have the right to work in an environment free from discrimination and fear."

"We are hopeful that this ruling will lead to more inclusive working and learning environments for all 2SLGBTQIA+ folks in schools and beyond."

Chilliwack Teachers' Association president Reid Clark

"[The Human Rights Tribunal suggested its three members] navigate the application of the Human Rights Code to heated public speech [referencing Neufeld’s language] that debates the rights and recognition of this protected group, in a context where transgender people in particular often find themselves disproportionately in the spotlight."

"[Six of Neufeld’s publications could] expose gay, lesbian, and trans people to hatred or contempt based on their gender identity and/or sexual orientation. Viewed objectively and in context, these publications have the potential to lead to their discriminatory treatment. These publications violate s. 7(1)(b) of the Code."

B.C. Human Rights Tribunal

He was a man on a mission. As a school trustee in the belief that his work ultimately was to improve the level of education that children were exposed to, in the usual school curricula focusing in reading, writing and 'rithmetic, he took exception to the kind of social engineering that has overtaken schools in the last number of years with exposure to a type of biological entropy that permitted the introduction and formalization of non-binary classifications where gender superseded sex, and natal identity at birth could be flung into the trashbin of history as children were encouraged to select the gender that suited their emotions at any given time.

 

He took to publicly campaigning against the prevailing certainty within the social order that gender was a 'social construct'. When  his activities enraged members of the LGBTQ and beyond community sufficiently to lodge a formal human rights complaint on the basis that his stated views were 'dehumanizing', delegitimizing' and 'extremely serious and damaging', the stage was set for a conclusive verdict reached by three assigned members of the Chilliwack, British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal to set the system back on its track.

 

 

The penalty imposed upon this man who took it upon himself to save future generations from the normalization of gender dysphoria into trans states where sex was immaterial and surgically amenable to alterations is hailed as a triumph. Character assassination was just one of the penalties, the humbling of a man arrogant enough to believe that science is never wrong, and nor is nature in her biological certainties -- other than the odd anomaly that exists everywhere in the animal kingdom where rare deviant occurrences pop up now and again. Railing against the regularization of affirming a child's choice of gender, and medical guidance to completing the choice, he was singled out for punishment as an example to all who question the verity of gender fluidity.

 

Beware, those among you who carelessly use sex-distinctive pronouns, for it could happen to you as well. It's 'them' and 'they', not he/she, no matter how you may feel about the absurdity of it all. Transitioning from female to male, male to female, with all the benefits inherent in predatory males ending up in female prisons, and competing in professional sport events as transwomen against natal women athletes. Complicating the strides that women thought they had made in equal rights, out-trumped by a male right to be female and regarded and addressed as such.

 

 It is not fanciful any longer for a woman to declare herself a man, she has a legal right to be identified as a man since "gender identity" and "gender expression" have been protected categories in the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code since 2016 when the House of Commons almost unanimously passed that legislation. Those amendments resulted in Canadians facing civil penalties for deviations from the new 'fact' that 'gender expression' is an immutable characteristic like race or ethnicity.

"[Neufeld attacked] each of these three pillars [of SOGI-inclusive education]."
"In doing so, he repeatedly and publicly reaffirmed his intention to perform the duties of a school trustee in a way that discriminated against LGBTQ people, especially trans people."

"In some publications, he expressly stated that he is using his position as a trustee to ‘speak out’ against SOGI-inclusive education before proceeding to do so in a discriminatory way."

"Even where not expressly stated, his intention is clear. Mr. Neufeld invoked negative and insidious stereotypes about LGBTQ people, especially trans people, which denied their inherent dignity and, in some cases, reflected the hallmarks of hate against them as a group."

"Critically, the decision affirms that trans people exist—and that claiming to believe that gender identity is not separate from sex assigned at birth is a form of existential denial. This denial pushes the idea that trans people have an agenda rather than being just another demographic group."

"As this decision illustrates, such terms can create the ‘conditions for discrimination and hatred to flourish,’ as the Tribunal found."
Chilliwack Human Rights Tribunal

It took years to finally arrive at the conclusion, but ultimately the tribunal issued its (forgone) decision: two sets of costs on behalf of the Chilliwack Teachers' Association v. Neufeld; one, the payment of $750,000 in costs to the Chilliwack Teachers' Association, and a concurrent order of $10,000 for improper conduct during the process of deliberation. The tribunal determined that Mr. Neufeld had violated sections 7(1)(a), (b), and 13 of the Human Rights Code and the orders constitute the remedies against him.

"[I've been] thrown into the role of a prophet: speaking out to the lawmakers in Victoria and trying to motivate lukewarm Christians who are sitting idly by as all of society ‘Slouches towards Gomorrah’."

"Push back [against the] powerful [LGBTQ+ lobby group."

"[Gender fluidity is] delusional thinking. [LGBTQ+ people strive toward priority status as] the most downtrodden of victims; the many new categories that are included in the long list of letters now added after LGBTQ are a new ‘Caste system’."

Barry Neufeld

Barry Neufeld   Screenshot: Rumble / Funding the Fight