The Saskatchewan government will be seeking a stay of proceedings and appealing a court decision that allows a lawsuit against its pronoun policy to continue, according to those behind the case.

An LGBT peer-to-peer support group, UR Pride, filed the lawsuit in August 2023, after the government announced a policy that would require schools to have parental consent before students under 16 years of age could change their names or pronouns.

An injunction against the policy was granted by the court on Sept. 28, 2023. However, the provincial government invoked the notwithstanding clause and enshrined the policy into legislation.

On Feb. 16, Court of King’s Bench Justice Michael Megaw ruled that the lawsuit against the policy could continue, despite the government’s action.