Starting on Aug. 31, Canadians will have a new way to identify their sex on passports and other government documents: “X” will join the options of male and female.
The decision to allow the third category, indicating an “unspecified” sex, is intended to protect the rights of Canadian citizens to identify by the gender of their choice, the country’s immigration department said in announcing the change.
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A new law passed in June amended the Canadian Human Rights Act to include nondiscrimination protections for gender identity and gender expression.
Jeremy Corbyn has challenged Theresa May to allow people to self-identify as transgender without having to go through medical checks, pledging that Labour would support any government attempt to change the law.
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But Corbyn said May would have his support if she scrapped the requirement for trans people to undergo medical tests, and instead allowed them to self-identify their gender, saying legislation could be passed with Labour backing if the Tories and DUP had a free vote.
“Discrimination has gone on too long. The Gender Recognition Act does not allow trans people to self-identify their gender and forces them to undergo invasive medical tests. This is wrong,” he said.
“Labour recognised this in our manifesto, pledging to update the act. Theresa May told Pink News that ‘changes need to be made’ but failed to include anything on this in the Conservative manifesto.
“So, I say to her today, Labour will help you keep your promise. Bring forward a bill to update the act and improve trans rights and Labour will back you. You can give your MPs and the DUP a free vote and Labour will make it law.”
There is no mention in the article of legal recognition of nonbinary genders, which is disappointing. I am a little nervous of a shoving-us-under-the-bus situation, even though this would be a hugely positive step for binary trans people.
Starting at a new workplace tomorrow and I made these to prepare after the experiences I had at the last bar I was working at 😩⚧👽 The the cis need to start paying me for the amount of emotional labour I do for them 😥💅🏋 Here’s the PDF to print off yr own: tinyurl.com/lffu5oh
obviously only applies to NBs who use they pronouns and live in Ontario tho so feel free to use the format and customize yr own
Meet Taisce (tash-kah) Brennan – a non-binary, queer selkie, and one of the mains in my recently launched webcomic, Skyvein! They have a sarcastic sense of humour, a quick wit, and even quicker inclinations towards anxiety. Despite the prickly exterior, they are doggedly loyal to their loved ones, so antagonists, beware!
My nonbinary partner Manon has been having a really hard time recently. They moved to their father’s place to escape their abusive mother 5 years ago, only for their situation here to get worse and worse, to the extent that they’ve faced both emotional and physical violence. On top of that, Manon has several food allergies, for which their parents don’t accomodate properly, meaning that there’s constantly very little to eat for them without being sick.
They have stayed and my and their other partner’s place on and off over the last few months, but it’s gotten to a point where they need to leave their parent’s home quickly. We have made a plan to leave next week with just our suitcases (as I’m currently at their place for support), just taking the most important stuff, and having them stay at my place for now, getting their other stuff with a rented car eventually. Problem is, both of us are disabled and unable to work a proper job (I suffer from PTSD, BPD and DID, they have Dyspraxia, Depression, are on the autism spectrum and have physical and neurological disabilities) so our monetary means are very limited, not to mention that as a queer, disabled couple, me being a trans woman, we need accomodations and can’t just finance the move and live off the little social security I get, so we really need help to be able to bring Manon to a place where they can feel safe.
