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Jun. 23rd, 2010 08:26 pmA response to when people ask "Aren't trans rights already protected under Canadian Human Rights Law?
Good question. The protection listed under "sex" often fails to apply to:
- gender-variant individuals, i.e. nelly men and butch women
- transsexuals who cannot afford ($60,000 for FtMs), do not want, are in too poor health to undergo or otherwise cannot access sexual reassignment surgery
- people who do not identify as male or female, such as those who come from a cultural background with more than two genders (see wikipeidia's "third gender" article)
- drag performers, cross-dressers etc...
- intersexed people
When post-operative transsexuals are only covered via a series of judiciary precedents (which can be overturned overnight by a judge) rather than state-backed law.
And here's a Facebook group aimed at keeping Bill C-389 alive so's it doesn't die in committee.
Good question. The protection listed under "sex" often fails to apply to:
- gender-variant individuals, i.e. nelly men and butch women
- transsexuals who cannot afford ($60,000 for FtMs), do not want, are in too poor health to undergo or otherwise cannot access sexual reassignment surgery
- people who do not identify as male or female, such as those who come from a cultural background with more than two genders (see wikipeidia's "third gender" article)
- drag performers, cross-dressers etc...
- intersexed people
When post-operative transsexuals are only covered via a series of judiciary precedents (which can be overturned overnight by a judge) rather than state-backed law.
And here's a Facebook group aimed at keeping Bill C-389 alive so's it doesn't die in committee.