[Viva] FW: [dnc-members] Transgender Bill C-389

[Tami S.]

on-line petition I found & some info in incase you are unfamiliar with the
bill

 

http://petition.web.net/psac/node/47

 


Support Bill C-389: legal protection for transexual and transgendered
Canadians


A private members bill that would prohibit discrimination on the basis of
gender expression or identity will get a third and final reading in the
House of Commons in December.
 
<http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HouseBills/BillsPrivate.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=
40&Ses=3#C389> C-389 is  <http://howdtheyvote.ca/member.php?id=261> Burnaby
MP Bill Siksay's third attempt to give transgendered and transexual people
protection under federal human rights and hate crime legislation.
For trans people - those whose gender identity and gender expression does
not match their birth sex - using a public bathroom, applying for a driver's
license, and similar daily interactions can trigger hostility, intolerance,
discrimination and even violence.
But neither the Canadian Human Rights Act nor federal hate crimes
legislation protect people from discrimination based on gender identity or
expression

 

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