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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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• Italian Catholicism influenced by Western #racism under an ex-Nazi pope? HLI head cites "demographic winter" meme hliworldwatch.org/?p=1518 3 days ago
• In Calgary and want to support the Montreal student strike / austerity agenda? tinyurl.com/7525wx3 4 days ago
• Jenna Talackova didn't make the final. Still, she was dignified and did us proud. #missuniversecanada #trans 1 week ago

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The Microaggressions Project

• Untitled May 2, 2012
  My male dog is wearing a ribbon tied in a bow around his neck. When my grandfather sees him he exclaims loudly, “Jake! You’re a poofter! It’s not enough that you’ve had your balls cut off.  Now you’re a poofter as well!”  Then asks me incredulously why he’s wearing a bow.
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  Me: Hey, should I go to a steakhouse or to a sushi place for dinner with my family? Friend: I think you should go to the steakhouse because you guys know how to make sushi, right?
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  Professor: Where did you go to school to write like this? Me: In New Jersey. Professor: No, was it a private school? Me: No, is something wrong? Professor: Well you say “ask” versus “ax” and your writing is impeccable. Me: Okaaaaayyyyyyyy.
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  I noticed that when I eat out and order a Coke, I’m often asked whether I want it to be a diet Coke. I asked some male friends about this and they told me it never happens to them.
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  “You shouldn’t come to the construction site. You’re a distraction and it’s hard for us to get work done. It’s not your fault so don’t take it personally, but that’s just the way men are. Why don’t you stay in the office and I’ll check on you later?”
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• Untitled April 21, 2012
  Sweden’s culture minister commissions a cake of an African woman, supposedly representing female circumcision.
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