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Transgender Issues: The Washoom Issue, Bill C-279 and Politicians
This is the post I was going to write last night before the quake news diverted my attention . . . I want to believe that Canadian politicians are acting in the best interests of citizens, that they do...
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Bill C-279: Ottawa, the Washroom Issue Is Not Reason Enough To Deny...
As politicians in Ottawa again debate Bill C-279, which would amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code to protect gender identity and gender expression, I would like to remind all...
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Gender Expression Threatened in Bill C-279: Gender Mosaic
I am hearing that there is a strong possibility Gender Expression will be dropped from Bill C-279 in order to keep some Conservatives on board. Here is a news release I received today from Gender...
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Transgender Protection and Bill C-279: Washroom Issue the Biggest Concern for...
Kudos to the Canadian Press for their balanced and objective reporting on the Bill C-279 hearing on Tuesday. I’d like to address a couple of issues that were raised at the hearing. First, a positive...
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Guest Post: No Real Proof to Back Up Anti-Transgender Washroom Fear, U.S....
Reader Dianne from Boise, Idaho, writes: Jillian, I have been following Ottawa’s progress on Bill C-279 with keen interest. I’m frustrated but not surprised to see it bogging down on the washroom...
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Bill C-279: Transgender People Already Protected, official reportedly said
In the interests of objectivity: a report on LifeSiteNews.com says an official “from the Canadian Human Rights Commission (HRC) told the Canadian Justice Committee last week that Bill-C279 isn’t...
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Conservatives sabotaging transgender rights bill, NDP MP says: report
Randall Garrison’s private member’s bill was sent back to the Commons from the Justice committee this week unamended and without an official report, despite efforts by the NDP, the Liberals and...
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Westboro Baptist Church’s Protests Backfiring?
At least two online articles are pointing out that when Westboro Church members show up to protest at various venues, they are often outnumbered by much larger numbers of counter-protesters. I would...
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Fallon Fox Case: A Safety Issue?
A couple of stories have been on my radar screen recently that are making me feel somewhat uncomfortable, because both of them involve born-females who feel their spaces are being invaded by trans...
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Transgender rights: A letter to the Canadian Senate
The following is a letter to Canadian senators about Bill C-279, from Amanda Ryan, Outreach Chair of Gender Mosaic Dear Senator(s), My name is Amanda and I am proudly Trans. I came out of my closet 12...
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Bill C-279: Time for female senators to speak up
So, what do Canada’s female senators think about the “change room” issue? It seems to be the major sticking point in the Senate’s current Bill C-279 debate. Senator Don Plett has suggested that he may...
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Trans girls in the boys' room: The Conservative solution
Picture this: Your teenage son enters the boys’ washroom at school and spies an attractive young lady in a short skirt standing in front of the mirror, touching up her makeup. Helloooo . . . He’s...
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Bill C-279: One solution to clean up Conservatives' bathroom mess
“I will use ‘men’ because I believe they are biologically male.” — Senator Don Plett, referring to trans women And that, as Sophia Banks writes in a good analysis piece on the Rabble site, may very...
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Anti-LGBT sentiment in Canada and the U.S.: The ISIS factor
I’ll say one thing for Matt McLaughlin: at least he is honest. The California attorney has proposed a ballot initiative in that state that has some people comparing him to terrorist groups like ISIS:...
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Transgender rights: Bathroom protest movement is born
It was bound to happen . . . A Victoria, B.C. woman has started a new form of protest: she’s taken to using men’s public washrooms, and is making headlines in the process. And you can be sure other...
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Transgender rights: Bathroom protests and legislation raise safety issues,...
I can’t stress enough to trans people who plan to participate in protests against washroom legislation in Canada and some parts of the United States to put safety first. No trans woman or trans man...
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Transgender rights: Buck Angel calls for gender-neutral bathrooms
I asked Buck Angel, one of the world’s most respected trans male advocates as well as a film producer and performer, educator and writer (see Wikipedia), for a brief statement on the proposed...
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Trans men in women's bathrooms: Get used to it?
Is the message starting to sink in to the general population? If not, here’s a recap: Women in Canada and parts of the United States — Kentucky, Florida, Minnesota, Texas — better get used to having...
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Nudism/Naturism: Perspectives on the transgender 'bathroom' issue
A Turning the Page opinion blog post As regular readers of this blog know, the issue of which public washrooms and other sex-segregated public facilities transgender people should use is the subject of...
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Senator Don Plett: "No ban on Trans people," he tells The Gazette
Senator Don Plett has responded to my Turning the Page opinion blog posts about Bill C-279 and recent violent incidents in Ottawa. Here is his response in its entirety. **** By Senator Don Plett Dear...
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