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That makes it illegal to deny services, employment, accommodation and similar benefits to individuals based on their gender identity or gender expression to matters within federal jurisdiction, such as the federal government, federal services to the public, or a federally regulated industry. [8]
In May 2016, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (C-16) was introduced to the House of Commons of Canada, to add and include "gender identity or expression" in the Canadian Human Rights Act. [78] In June 2017, the Parliament of Canada passed bill C-16 and received royal assent a week later. The law went into ...
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]
This policy, established by Correctional Service Canada (CSC), allows individuals to be placed in either men's or women's institutions according to their gender identity, irrespective of their biological sex or the gender indicated on their identification documents.
The first transgender woman to be removed from women’s housing in a Washington state prison filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging that the state Department of Corrections’ decision to forcibly ...
“When someone tells you their pronouns, use them. It actually is that simple,” Navetta says. “Saying things like, ‘You know, I'm new to this conversation around pronouns, and I really want ...
This vulnerability can lead to illegal behavior, and also over policing when homeless, creating an over representation of LGBT youth in prisons. [111] A brief by the Center for American Progress found that each year approximately 300,000 gay, trans, and gender nonconforming youth are arrested or detained each year, 60% of whom are Black or ...
Hate speech laws in Canada include provisions in the federal Criminal Code, as well as statutory provisions relating to hate publications in three provinces and one territory. The Criminal Code creates criminal offences with respect to different aspects of hate propaganda, although without defining the term "hatred".