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Sex Inscription on the Canadian Passport – Egale Position Paper
Posted: February 1st, 2012Egale Canada, Canada’s national LGBT human rights organization, has undertaken an assessment of how best to accommodate and represent trans and gender diverse people in the Canadian passport, particularly in relation to the inscription of “sex”. Specifically, the following questions have been examined: What are some of the primary concerns facing trans and gender diverse [...]
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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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“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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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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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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Every Class in Every School
Posted: May 12th, 2011The first national climate survey on homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia in Canadian schools Final Report – May 2011 Citation: Taylor, C. & Peter, T., with McMinn, T.L., Elliott, T., Beldom, S., Ferry, A., Gross, Z., Paquin, S., & Schachter, K. (2011). Every class in every school: The first national climate survey on homophobia, biphobia, and [...]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Egale Calls On Senate To Ensure Swift Passage of C-389 As MPs Take A Stand Against Transphobia
Posted: February 9th, 2011Ottawa: Today in the House of Commons, Members of Parliament voted to approve the inclusion of “gender identity” and “gender expression” as prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA), and as relevant factors in hate crimes sentencing under the Criminal Code. “Today’s vote represents a significant step toward explicitly recognizing and [...]
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Call to Action on Bill C-389: Transgender Rights Bill
Posted: December 6th, 2010FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 6th, 2010 Toronto: In response to the chorus of voices demanding adequate legislative protection for trans individuals in Canada, Bill Siksay, NDP MP for Burnaby Douglas, introduced a private member’s bill this year supporting trans rights (Bill C-389). The bill will add the words “gender identity” and “gender expression” to the [...]