Canada- Tolerated, but not accepted

[SandraJane]

Tolerated, but not accepted

By Natalie North - Saanich News | Published: November 12, 2012 9:00 AM


http://www.vicnews.com/news/178232531.html


Daphne Shaed, a transgender woman and Camosun College pride director, holds a candle in the campus pride office for the Transgender Day of Remembrance this weekend.


This summer Daphne Shaed gave out 300 resumés. She went to 30 interviews. She hoped to land a summer job that suited her skills as a workshop facilitator and Camosun College Student Society Pride director.

Eventually she took the only job she could find working the graveyard shift at a Saanich hotel.
"I would get called for an interview and then when I met (the employers), you could just see it on their faces that I wasn't getting the job," said Shaed, a transgender woman. "The community here is tolerant, but tolerance is different from acceptance. Tolerance just means they're going to leave you alone, but they're still not accepting; they're still not willing to have you come into their workplace and work on a front counter."