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The law is the most recent iteration of several proposed bills introduced to previous parliaments. In 2005, New Democratic Party member of Parliament Bill Siksay introduced a bill in the House of Commons to explicitly add "gender identity or expression" as prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act. He reintroduced ...
Of note is the distinction between 'legal gender' and 'gender marker'; a legal gender (also commonly referred to as a sex designation; sex indicator in Nova Scotia) [4] [5] is what appears on foundational identity documents such as immigration status documents and birth certificates, whilst a gender marker can appear on a non-foundational ...
Canadian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer rights are some of the most extensive in the world. [5] [6] [7] Same-sex sexual activity, in private between consenting adults, was decriminalized in Canada on June 27, 1969, when the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968–69 (also known as Bill C-150) was brought into force upon royal assent. [1]
Gender identity and pronouns can be personal, and asking someone what their pronouns are and how they identify may be considered intrusive in some contexts, like if a person is not out, or does ...
An August 2023 Angus Reid poll found that, out of 3,016 Canadian adults who are members of the Angus Reid Forum, 78% said that parents need to always be informed by the school if a child wants to change their pronouns or gender, while 43% said that parents must also give consent to the change; 14% said that parents should have no role in the ...
The district now requires schools to notify parents if their child changes their name, pronouns, gender expression or shows any indication of experimenting with or changing their gender identity.
Peterson argued that the law would allow him to be fined or imprisoned if he refused to refer to students by their preferred gender pronouns. [4] [5] Legal experts challenged Peterson's interpretation, saying that the bill would not criminalize using non-preferred pronouns. [6] [7] [8]
Gender Queer, by Maia Kobabe. In this beautifully illustrated memoir, Kobabe (who uses e/em/eir pronouns) charts eir journey of self-discovery from adolescence to adulthood. Along the way, Kobabe ...