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Western Standard photo illustration. Adrienne Smith, counsel for Child Q in Child Q v. Ajaero (No. 2), 2026 BCHRT 189, over a gender-identity demonstration. Smith still from the federal NDP leadership convention in Winnipeg, March 2026.

BC Human Rights Tribunal orders doctor to pay $28,100 for refusing puberty-blocker shot to minor

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The teen received the Lupron shot at a walk-in clinic the same afternoon. Counsel for the complainant was Adrienne Smith, the Vancouver lawyer who served as the "non-binary chairperson" at the federal ...

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