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Third gender category “under review”: Passport Canada

by Jordan Arseneault on May 10, 2012

After Australia, the UK, India, and Bangladesh, Canada may allow a third gender category on passports, according to a briefing note from Passport Canada. Québec’s Justice Ministry may also reconsider its requirements for gender designation change on birth certificates.

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One year in Harper’s Canada: Randall Garrison reflects & demo in Mtl

by 2B site Webmaster on May 2, 2012

A year after election that saw the federal Conservatives obtain parliamentary majority, the country is less and less recognizable from its former self. Measures to increase criminalization, reduce refugee access, and sweeping cuts to social programme funding have been the order of the day. A demo is planned tonight (May 2) in Montréal’s Parc Émilie-Gamelin to “stop” Harper, however symbolically.

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Dany Morin hosts LGBT youth on Parliament Hill for Rainbow Day

by Jordan Arseneault on May 1, 2012

Pairing young activists with Members of Parliament to live a day in the life of an elected official isn’t a new idea. Unless you’re pairing LGBT youth with out MP’s, as Dany Morin did for today’s Rainbow Day on the Hill (Journée Arc-en-ciel sur la colline)…

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Sex work: Ottawa appeals Ontario Court decision

by 2B site Webmaster on April 27, 2012

The Harper government has decided to appeal the landmark decision made by the Ontario Supreme Court last month, which determined that provisions in the law prohibiting brothels or “bawdy houses” and living from the profit of prostitution were unconstitutional. The Conservatives have appealed the case to the Supreme Court of Canada, whose decision on the issue would apply throughout the country.

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Refugee advocacy groups step up opposition to Bill C-31

by RG - 2B staff on April 19, 2012

Currently in its second reading in the House of Commons, the Conservative Bill C-31 claims to be about “Protecting Canada’s Immigration System.” The mounting criticism against C-31 from refugee rights groups including Montréal’s ADA and AGIR have taken the form on an online video, and a demonstration (April 20 11:30am) against Immigration Minister Jason Kenney.

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Homophobic hate crimes on the rise: StatsCan

by Antoine Aubert on April 19, 2012

Statistics Canada released data last week that show that hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation are on the rise, with a total of 218 reported in 2010. The rate of violence in these crimes is strikingly high compared to other categories, with an average of six out of every ten incidents involving violence.

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Jer’s Vision Day of Pink Gala honours role models for LGBT teens

by Noreen Fagan on April 16, 2012

Pink was the colour of the evening. Various shades of it dotted the ties, shirts and skirts of volunteers, students, teachers, parents and politicians who streamed into Tabaret Hall at the University of Ottawa on Wed 11 April to celebrate Jer’s Vision’s, Day Of Pink Gala.

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Transgender Woman Rejected from Miss Universe Canada Pageant

by RG - 2B staff on March 27, 2012

Organizers of Miss Universe Canada beauty pageant just eliminated Jenna Talackova from the competition. The young transgendered woman had been previously selected to be part of the 65 finalists. She intends to fight the decision.

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Decriminalize brothels: landmark Ontario Court of Appeal ruling

by RG - 2B staff on March 26, 2012

In a decision described varyingly as a “partial victory” and “a step in the right direction”, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled in favour of a claim made by three Ontario sex work advocates that banning brothels is unconstitutional. While “soliciting” can remain criminalized under the constitution, sex work advocates and legal observers are hailing the 148-page decision revealed today after weeks of heightened anticipation.

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Lesbian marriage proposal marks intermission in Senators/Leafs NHL game

by 2B site Webmaster on March 19, 2012

It was all planned out. Perhaps inspired by Leafs coach Patrick Burke’s recent public awareness campaign “You Can Play”, which promotes gay acceptance in sport, the intermission event was met with roaring applause: Christina, a Senators, got down on one knee and proposed to her Leafs fan girlfriend Alicia at Ottawa’s Scotiabank Place on Sat night.

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