DBM is collection of theory, politics and advocacy for trans, LGBT, sex and gender minorities, and their place in a decolonial world. From Alberta-based writer Mercedes Allen and guests.

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TRANSSEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER HUMAN RIGHTS IN CANADA

Part 1: 5 Reasons to Support Trans Rights Now
Part 2: Can a Trans Human Rights Bill Pass With a Harper Majority?
Part 3 (from Xtra): I Have an Agenda
Part 4: Quick Facts about Bill C-279 (was Bill C-389)
Part 5: Flushing the Washroom Fear
Part 6: On Gender Expression
Additional:
Trans Lobby Group's Bill C-279 Fact Sheet
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United Church Letter of Support

THE DEATH OF THE TRANSGENDER UMBRELLA: "If you've traveled anywhere among trans or LGBT blogs in the past year or three, you've inevitably come across an ongoing battle over labels, and particularly "transgender" as an umbrella term. It seems to be a conflict without end, without middle ground and without compromise..."

Part 2: Why The Umbrella Failed

Part 3: Decolonizing Trans as Allies

WHY "SEX CHANGE SURGERY" IS MEDICALLY NECESSARY

IN THE BEDROOMS OF THE NATION

Part 1: Canada's Political Landscape
Part 2: The Conservative Base
Part 3: What to Expect From Harper

SEX WORK AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN CANADA

Part 1: Sex Work Laws in Canada
Part 2: Poverty and Opportunity
Part 3: Trans and Sex Work
Part 4: Going Forward / Harm Reduction

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The Microaggressions Project

• Untitled June 14, 2013
  I have a son who is autistic and I have Asperger’s myself, recently self diagnosed. I was at work with a worker from out of town. I didn’t know her very well, but her personality really resonated with me and I enjoyed being around her the short amount of time she was there. The subject [...]
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• Untitled April 24, 2013
  My close friend is Armenian, and her father has friends in the Armenian community in Watertown, much of which is located on Franklin. In these last 24 or so hours, one of his friends have received calls, threatening or yelling at him just for being Armenian. Allegedly, these calls have blamed Armenians for helping the [...]
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• Untitled April 23, 2013
  I logged into Facebook and saw the memes sprawling all over my feed equating the Boston bombings to terrorists, Muslims, and immigrants. I messaged them and engaged in dialogue validating their frustration but expressing how offended I felt and how perpetuating Islamaphobia only results in more violence, especially towards people who look “Middle Eastern”. O […]
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• Untitled April 23, 2013
  “How much money would you put on the Boston bombers being Muslim?”
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• Untitled April 23, 2013
  I’m from Ocala, FL and living in Boston. I just called my local newspaper in Florida to ask how they were being sensitive to anti-Islamic sentiment in their reporting of the Boston Incident… they accused me of being racist against southern Christians. I felt hurt, confused, saddened. Wish people didn’t feel the need to defend [...]
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• Untitled April 23, 2013
  Upon having seen coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing, my mother, who is white, states, “Middle Easterns… always killing everybody.” I’m Middle Eastern, early 20s, and her son. My little sisters, who are South Asian were also in the same room, and they heard that. I felt very angry, unsafe, disappointed.
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