In rural communities in particular, it's a whole different conversation, and in smaller towns the rights and freedoms and the space for yourself are much more constrained. I think that is why we need more public education. We need more initiatives to help folks talk about gender and sexuality.
Again, these things become such abstractions. I played 12 years of boys' hockey and I'm from two military parents. My mom went to RMC back when it was even worse to be going to RMC as a woman. We need to have these conversations in a sphere that isn't partisan and politicized. I think we can actually get through to most folks, because whether you live in a big town or a small city, you deserve the freedom to be yourself, and that's what this is really about.