Jessica Cooper: As a transsexual person, I have no rights

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Jessica Cooper: As a transsexual person, I have no rights
Straight.com
By Jessica Cooper
April 6, 2009


http://www.straight.com/article-213065/jessica-cooper-transsexual-person-i-have-no-rights 🔗


I have no rights. I have no right to freedom from discrimination. I have no right to secure employment. I have no right to a safe place to live. I don't even have the right to go to the washroom in peace. It's amazing that I can sit here in the 21st century, in Canada, and be able to say that.

Let me say that again slightly differently: Because I'm a transsexual person, I have no right to legal protection in case I get discriminated against for being trans. None at all. How does this happen? It happens because transsexuals are one of the last populations not covered under Canada's (not to say anything about British Columbia's) human-rights legislation.