PEMBROKE, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — Ontario father and teacher Matt Alexander revealed that teachers are not only required to accept students who identify as LGBT but must promise to “celebrate” the LGBT agenda in their classrooms.
During an August 26 freedom rally in Pembroke, Ontario, Matt Alexander, a former teacher with 23 years of service, shared how he and his wife were fired from their jobs for refusing to push the LGBT agenda to students as young as three years old.
“For clarity, this wasn’t a requirement to not discriminate,” Alexander told the audience. “This was a requirement to celebrate and affirm. Every teacher, in Catholic or public boards alike, was told they must endorse homosexuality and transgenderism — or risk being canceled.”
Alexander warned that parents must be vigilant regarding what their children are being taught in schools.
“What happens in schools, stays in schools,” he said. “Your children will not come home and tell you what’s happening. Parents must ask questions – demand answers – because indoctrination is happening behind closed doors.”
Alexander, along with his wife Nicole, were fired from their teaching positions in Ontario, Canada, for refusing to “celebrate and affirm” LGBT ideology in the classroom in 2023,
Targeting of the couple began after their son, Josh Alexander, publicly opposed his school’s policy allowing male students to use girls’ bathrooms, which led to his suspension and arrest.
Matt was suspended in April 2023 after social media complaints linked to his son’s advocacy, despite not having a social media presence himself. Nicole was suspended for removing a “pride” flag from her classroom door, placed there without her consent.
“She didn’t make a scene. She didn’t deface anything,” Matt recounted to the Pembroke crowd. “She simply removed the poster, began teaching her class, and was summoned to the office. Within minutes, she was suspended and ordered to pack her belongings.”
By September 2023, the school board demanded compliance with their policies, which the Alexanders refused, leading to their termination.
The family faced severe financial strain, selling their home to avoid foreclosure. They are now pursuing legal action through the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, filing a human rights complaint against the school board for religious discrimination and another against their union for failing to defend their rights.
