What’s Current: Ontario College of Teachers asked to review professional conduct standards in response to male teacher displaying fetish wear in class

  • Ontario’s education minister has asked the Ontario College of Teachers to review its professional conduct standards after a male high school teacher who reportedly identifies as a woman was seen wearing massive fake breasts in a classroom with students.
  • Major advertisers are suspending their Twitter marketing campaigns after their ads were placed alongside accounts and tweets promoting child pornography.
  • A self-proclaimed member of the “incel” community is charged with hate crimes against women after posting videos of himself pepper spraying and harassing women in Southern California.
  • Women’s rights activists in Spain are campaigning against a draft law that would allow children as young as 14 to change their legal sex without medical council.
  • Italians march for abortion rights in multiple cities in response the country’s far-right party’s lead in upcoming parliamentary elections.
Meghan McCarty

Meghan McCarty is an undergraduate student and aspiring journalist living in the United States.