Canadian Immigration Minister Edits Out Info About LGB Protections; T Queued To

[Shana A]

Canadian Immigration Minister Edits Out Info About LGB Protections; T Queued To Be Added In?
11Mar10
dentedbluemercedes

http://dentedbluemercedes.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/canadian-immigration-minister-edits-out-info-about-lgb-protections-t-queued-to-be-added-in/

There has been a lot of complaint over the weekend about Immigration Minister Jason Kenney specifically editing out references to gay rights the decriminalization of homosexuality in 1969, protection on the grounds of sexual orientation, and legalization of same-sex marriage in the recently-updated study guide for new immigrants applying for citizenship in Canada

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There is a subtext to this story.

This appears to be mostly an assumption of the media, but I'm seeing it stated in some articles that the government is glossing over the fact that LGBT people are protected from discrimination in Canada, and nobody is correcting them on it. The fact of the matter is that gay, lesbian and bisexual people are protected, but for trans folks, our protections are still subject to interpretation. Gender identity and gender expression are still not included in the Criminal Code of Canada or the Canadian Human Rights Act.

[Jester]

Ah Canada, where everybody smiles at you and acts like your best friend, but secretly harbour abnormally deep and negative opinions of you.  Also, we have some of the murkiest laws in the world, where a whole lot of things could be or could be not illegal depending on how you interpret things.