Protect Saskatchewan Children: Ban Age-Inappropriate Sexual Content, Drag Performances, and Explicit Materials in Schools, Theatres, Galleries, and Teacher Training Programs

We, the undersigned residents of Saskatchewan, parents, educators, and concerned citizens, respectfully petition the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan to immediately implement evidence-based safeguards that prioritize child protection, parental rights, and developmental science over ideological programming in publicly funded institutions.

Whereas:

Scientific research in forensic psychology and child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention defines grooming as a deliberate process that includes desensitization to sexual content, nudity, and adult sexual performance. This process erodes children’s natural boundaries and increases vulnerability to exploitation (Winters et al., 2020; Winters et al., 2024).
The American Psychological Association Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls (2007) has documented that premature exposure to adult sexual themes harms children’s self-image, cognitive development, body satisfaction, and raises risks of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and later sexual risk-taking.

Placing biological males and females together in school washrooms and change rooms removes sex-based privacy protections and places girls in situations of heightened vulnerability to voyeurism, harassment, or assault, consistent with documented patterns of grooming and sex-based offending.

On May 6, 2026, Campbell Collegiate students attended a government- and sponsor-funded (MLT Aikins) student matinee at the Globe Theatre Regina. A drag queen performer placed fake breasts in children’s faces during a play on Indigenous rights. Multiple students cried, and the school withdrew participants, stating in a parent letter that the content had “reached levels of maturity beyond expectations.”

The publicly funded MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina is currently exhibiting the 2025 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts (on display until May 3, 2026), which included Bruce LaBruce’s explicit gay pornography and graphic sexual photographs requiring adult-only warnings.

At the University of Regina, Assistant Professor j wallace skelton teaches mandatory Queer Studies in Education courses for future teachers and conducts research co-creating “queer- and trans-centered” educational spaces with children as young as 3–12 years old, while publicly advocating that kindergarten-age children (as young as 4) begin learning about their own sexual identity.

Therefore, we demand:

       1)  Immediate parental opt-in/opt-out rights for any content involving sexual themes, nudity, drag performances, or gender-identity instruction in Saskatchewan schools and school-sponsored events.

      2) A provincial review and withdrawal of public funding for theatres, art galleries, and cultural venues that expose minors to adult sexual performance or explicit pornography.

       3) Legislation mandating single-sex washrooms, change rooms, and overnight accommodations in all public schools to protect privacy and safety.

         4) A full audit of University of Regina teacher-training curricula to ensure alignment with developmental science and child safeguarding standards rather than unproven early sexual-identity interventions.
Public commitment from the Government of Saskatchewan that publicly funded institutions will never normalize adult sexual content for children under any banner of “inclusion” or “education.”

Children cannot consent to their own sexualization.

 The Campbell Collegiate students’ walk-out demonstrates that even young people recognize when boundaries are crossed. Saskatchewan must lead by protecting its children with science-based policy, not ideology.

We urge the Legislative Assembly to act without delay.