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

[Margarite Sanchez]

Thanks Tami for sending this petition. It is easy to sign, I just sent it in
myself. It is unbelievable that there is a part of our population that is
not given legal protection. Aren't we all human beings????
We all deserve respect and safety.
thanks,
margarite

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Tami S. <cosmictami at shaw.ca> wrote:

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> on-line petition I found & some info in incase you are unfamiliar with the
> bill
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> http://petition.web.net/psac/node/47
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> Support Bill C-389: legal protection for transexual and transgendered
> Canadians
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> 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.
> C-389<http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HouseBills/BillsPrivate.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=3#C389>
>  is Burnaby MP Bill Siksay <http://howdtheyvote.ca/member.php?id=261>'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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