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NDP-backed petition on trans rights surges as Tory Leader Poilievre strikes out at ‘Trudeau’s radical gender ideology’

Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah says advocates and organizations serving Canada’s trans and gender-diverse community fear their hard-won progress could all be lost with a change in government without sustained funding beyond the next election cycle.

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BY STUART BENSON
November 15, 2023

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House Finance Committee receives more than 800 briefs ahead of 2025 budget

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Climate change, housing needs of Northern Canada require tailored funding model based on more than population, say Idlout and Simpson

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Canadians see improvements to Indigenous, gender rights over time, but cool on welcoming immigrants, asylum seekers: survey

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Approximately two-thirds of respondents were hopeful about the future of human rights within Canada in 2024, but only 37 per cent shared that sentiment about the global situation.

Canadians see improvements to Indigenous, gender rights over time, but cool on welcoming immigrants, asylum seekers: survey

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Approximately two-thirds of respondents were hopeful about the future of human rights within Canada in 2024, but only 37 per cent shared that sentiment about the global situation.

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Parental rights battle cry is turning private grievance into public policy

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

‘Communities are terrified’: trans advocate Johnstone blasts feds for allowing hate, disinformation to rise while Conservative premiers enforce restrictions on LGBTQ+ kids

NewsBY CHELSEA NASH

Backsliding into hate triggers game of Russian roulette with children’s lives

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Right-wing rage-farming attacks on LGBTQ kids not a worthwhile import

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Muslim group demands apology, nuance from Trudeau after condemning ‘parental rights’ protest

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Parental rights battle cry is turning private grievance into public policy

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

What we’re seeing from Smith is another iteration of far-right hate being normalized to the point where it has seeped into policy through a populist lens.

Parental rights battle cry is turning private grievance into public policy

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

What we’re seeing from Smith is another iteration of far-right hate being normalized to the point where it has seeped into policy through a populist lens.

‘Communities are terrified’: trans advocate Johnstone blasts feds for allowing hate, disinformation to rise while Conservative premiers enforce restrictions on LGBTQ+ kids

NewsBY CHELSEA NASH

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's new policies restricting health care for trans children is 'just the polite political expression' of anti-queer and anti-trans hate, says trans advocate Fae Johnstone.

‘Communities are terrified’: trans advocate Johnstone blasts feds for allowing hate, disinformation to rise while Conservative premiers enforce restrictions on LGBTQ+ kids

NewsBY CHELSEA NASH

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's new policies restricting health care for trans children is 'just the polite political expression' of anti-queer and anti-trans hate, says trans advocate Fae Johnstone.

Backsliding into hate triggers game of Russian roulette with children’s lives

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

There are real impacts to hateful behaviour, which is why outing someone who has not formed adequate community supports, and whose family support is questionable, is a bad idea.

Backsliding into hate triggers game of Russian roulette with children’s lives

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

There are real impacts to hateful behaviour, which is why outing someone who has not formed adequate community supports, and whose family support is questionable, is a bad idea.

Right-wing rage-farming attacks on LGBTQ kids not a worthwhile import

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

The anger-generating wedge issue of school pronoun policy has suddenly become a cause célèbre among many of Canada’s conservatives.

Right-wing rage-farming attacks on LGBTQ kids not a worthwhile import

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

The anger-generating wedge issue of school pronoun policy has suddenly become a cause célèbre among many of Canada’s conservatives.

Muslim group demands apology, nuance from Trudeau after condemning ‘parental rights’ protest

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Lack of nuance from LGBTQ+ allies on gender identity protests veer into Islamophobia, allowing the ‘parental rights’ slogan to become a ‘bludgeon’ against the community, say transgender and Muslim advocates.

Muslim group demands apology, nuance from Trudeau after condemning ‘parental rights’ protest

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Lack of nuance from LGBTQ+ allies on gender identity protests veer into Islamophobia, allowing the ‘parental rights’ slogan to become a ‘bludgeon’ against the community, say transgender and Muslim advocates.

NDP-backed petition on trans rights surges as Tory Leader Poilievre strikes out at ‘Trudeau’s radical gender ideology’

Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah says advocates and organizations serving Canada’s trans and gender-diverse community fear their hard-won progress could all be lost with a change in government without sustained funding beyond the next election cycle.

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