[Wamvan] Support trans rights Bill C-279! More info in my column for Herizons written with help from Tami Starlight

[Joanna Chiu]

Ah thanks for that. I had written Bill Saksay incorrectly. I'll ask the
editor to see if she could fix the online version.

MP Randall Garrison has re-introduced the private member's bill:
http://randallgarrison.ndp.ca/post/randall-re-introduces-trans-rights-bill


Joanna

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 6:20 PM, D Dykeman <ddykeman at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Thanks . . . the (now former) MP's name is Bill Siksay . . . DD
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>
> Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 2:11 pm
> Subject: [Wamvan] Support trans rights Bill C-279! More info in my column
> for Herizons written with help from Tami Starlight
> To: wamvan <wamvan at lists.resist.ca>
>
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I wrote this column for Herizons magazine with the help of trans
> > activistand WAM! technology guru Tami Starlight. We talked about
> > how transgender
> > rights could make historic strides in Canada this year--if trans
> > activistsget enough support from the public that is.
>
> >
> > http://www.herizons.ca/node/504
> >
> > Since then, there has been some accomplishments to celebrate,
> > but there has
> > been too little attention given to Bill C-279. This important
> > bill would
> > prohibit gender identity and gender expression as grounds of
> > discriminationin the Canada Human Rights Act amend the Criminal
> > Code to include gender
> > identity and gender expression for offenses motivated by bias,
> > prejudice or
> > hate.
> >
> > To learn more about Bill C-279, please check out my column and
> > sign this
> > Change.org petition:
> > http://www.change.org/petitions/members-of-canadian-parliament-
> > and-senate-pass-bill-c-279-the-trans-rights-bill
> >
> > And as an editor for the Montreal Gazette pointed
> > out,<http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/04/09/bill-c-279-
> > time-for-canadian-media-to-pay-attention/>there
>
> > has been too little media coverage of Bill C-279.
> >
> > If you want to write about the bill, let us know if we can help!
> >
> > Joanna
> >
> >
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>
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> >
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