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Open Letter to the CBC Regarding the Documentary “Transgender Kids”
Posted: January 27th, 2012OPEN LETTER January 27, 2012 Kirk LaPointe Ombudsman, CBC P.O. Box Station A Toronto, Ontario M5W 1E6 By Email: ombudsman@cbc.ca Dear Mr. LaPointe, On behalf of Egale Canada’s Trans Committee, Board of Directors and Executive Staff, we are writing to express our shock and disappointment regarding CBC’s documentary “Transgender Kids,” aired January 7th at 10:00 [...]
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LGBT Community Stands Together Against Hate Crime
Posted: November 24th, 2011FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24 November 2011 Toronto: Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) community will come together in Toronto to launch Courage in the Face of Hate, a new initiative by Egale Canada designed to combat the rising incidence of hate crime in Canada motivated by sexual orientation and gender identity. Hate [...]
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12 Months, 221 Murders: Horrifying Numbers a Wake Up Call on Trans Day of Remembrance 2011
Posted: November 18th, 2011FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 18th, 2011 Toronto: Fear and hatred have claimed the lives of 221 people around the world since the commemoration of Trans Day of Remembrance in 2010. This year, on November 20, we remember not only the 221 trans and gender diverse individuals who have been murdered in 26 countries over the [...]
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Transgender Europe’s Trans Murder Monitoring project reveals 221 killings of trans people in the last 12 months
Posted: November 16th, 2011Transgender Europe: Press Release: November 16th 2011 In total, since January 2008 the murders of 755 trans people have been reported The 13th International Transgender Day of Remembrance is being held on November 20th 2011: Since 1999, the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), on which those trans people who have been victims of homicide are [...]
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“MEET CALVIN”: A STORY OF LOVE, HONESTY, INTEGRITY AND OTHER HOKEY STUFF
Posted: October 19th, 2011“MEET CALVIN”: A STORY OF LOVE, HONESTY, INTEGRITY AND OTHER HOKEY STUFF Perth, Ontario. Suicide prevention, self-acceptance, self-confidence, love and happiness are top of mind for Calvin Neufeld, and he wants to share what he has learned. “Meet Calvin” at a free public presentation and film screening on Oct. 29 at 3 p.m. at St. [...]
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Poland’s key transgender activist to become a member of the new parliament
Posted: October 11th, 2011Official results of the Polish parliamentary elections show that Anna Grodzka, the president of Trans-Fuzja Foundation, will become the world’s third transgender MP. Grodzka, who decided to run in the elections from the new Palikot Movement party a couple of months ago, based her campaign on the needs of people who are constantly being ignored [...]
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Jack Layton: The LGBT community mourns the loss of a great ally
Posted: August 22nd, 2011Toronto: Today the LGBT community in Canada mourns the loss of a great ally. The Honourable Jack Layton was a man whose principled and unwavering commitment to equality, love and human dignity shone through with every step he took. As a leader whose constant support of the LGBT community reflected nothing other than his staunch [...]
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Fact Sheet on HIV and Trans Communities / Fiche d’information sur le VIH et les collectivités trans
Posted: August 19th, 2011The Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD) has just released a new fact sheet titled “HIV and Transgendered/Transsexual Communities”. Egale Canada participated in the Advisory Group for the production of this document. Copies can be accessed online at www.icad-cisd.com. La Coalition interagence sida et développement (CISD) vient de publier une nouvelle fiche d’information intitulée [...]
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Egale Canada Announces Partnership with Dr. Barbara Perry, Internationally Renowned Hate Crimes Expert
Posted: July 15th, 2011FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 July 2011 Toronto: Egale Canada is excited to announce a new partnership with the internationally renowned Dr. Barbara Perry, a specialist in hate and bias-motivated crime, in response to the terrible upward trend in hate crimes recently revealed by Statistics Canada’s analysis of 2009 police-reported hate crime in Canada. According to [...]
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TD Canada Trust Scholarship for Transgender Youth
Posted: May 20th, 2011MCC Toronto and TD Canada Trust have partnered to start a new scholarship opportunity for transgender youth. The application is only open to TDSB students this year with eventual role out across the province and perhaps nationally. Please use these links to download the application form for the TD Canada Trust Scholarship (English & French) [...]