Canadian government moving forward with transgender rights bill

[KathyLauren]

Justin Trudeau promises 'full protection' with transgender rights bill

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-transgender-rights-1.3584482

CBC News/By Aaron Wherry, CBC News Posted: May 16, 2016 6:39 PM ET Last Updated: May 16, 2016 7:41 PM ET

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed his government will move forward with new legislation to protect the rights of transgender Canadians.

"I am proud to announce that tomorrow, on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, we will be tabling a bill in the House of Commons to ensure the full protection of transgender people," Trudeau said on Monday in Montreal, where he was accepting the Laurent McCutcheon Award for his commitment to fighting homophobia and transphobia.

[suzifrommd]

They're way ahead of us.

Go Canada!

[arice]

We definitely have the antitrans backlash here too... but it reminds me a lot of the antigay backlash when we were on the verge of legalizing gay marriage (2005). I am hoping so because that died down quickly and within a year or two all but the most homophobic extremists just didn't care or considered gay marriage a good thing. I am truly hopeful that, once all the hoopla dies down, most of my fellow Canadians will go back to not caring about other people's genitalia.

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