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Title: Transgender controversy for London's Trails End
Post by: Shana A on September 23, 2011, 08:50:04 AM
Post by: Shana A on September 23, 2011, 08:50:04 AM
Transgender controversy for London's Trails End
ANGELA MULLINS
METRO LONDON
Published: September 22, 2011 4:28 p.m.
http://www.metronews.ca/london/local/article/976959--transgender-controversy-for-london-s-trails-end (http://www.metronews.ca/london/local/article/976959--transgender-controversy-for-london-s-trails-end)
Karen Clarke-McIlwain and Dani Dominick had an unorthodox introduction last June.
Dominick, living in Windsor at the time, posted a line on Kijiji identifying herself as transgendered and in need of a place to live in London. Clarke-McIlwain responded, acknowledging she didn't know what "trans" meant but had a room to offer.
So goes the beginning of the story that has the women filing complaints with the Ontario Human Rights Commission. The complaints come after Trails End decided Dominick — and two other transgendered people — couldn't staff Clarke-McIlwain's booth at the Dundas Street farmers market.
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A very clear case of discrimination
THE CITY: The weekend market is the focus of a human-rights complaint
By IAN GILLESPIE, The London Free Press
Last Updated: September 23, 2011 7:04am
http://www.lfpress.com/news/columnists/ian_gillespie/2011/09/22/18726796.html (http://www.lfpress.com/news/columnists/ian_gillespie/2011/09/22/18726796.html)
None of that matters. Because in the end, no matter how you slice or dice it, discrimination is wrong.
And as a few folks out at the Trail's End Farmer's Market may soon discover, it's also against the law.
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On that day, Dani Dominick was working at the booth for True 2 You, a fragrance business owned by Karen Clarke that sells perfume, incense and related products. Although Dominick had worked for Clarke since June, it was the first time she'd helped out at the Trail's End site. (Clarke also has a booth at the Pinery Antique Market, and sells her products at various shows and festivals, including RibFest and Fall Fest.) Before we go further, you should know that Dominick is a transgendered individual -- a man who's making the transition into a woman. Although Dominick hasn't undergone surgery, she has started hormone replacement therapy and is slowly developing breasts and growing her hair.
ANGELA MULLINS
METRO LONDON
Published: September 22, 2011 4:28 p.m.
http://www.metronews.ca/london/local/article/976959--transgender-controversy-for-london-s-trails-end (http://www.metronews.ca/london/local/article/976959--transgender-controversy-for-london-s-trails-end)
Karen Clarke-McIlwain and Dani Dominick had an unorthodox introduction last June.
Dominick, living in Windsor at the time, posted a line on Kijiji identifying herself as transgendered and in need of a place to live in London. Clarke-McIlwain responded, acknowledging she didn't know what "trans" meant but had a room to offer.
So goes the beginning of the story that has the women filing complaints with the Ontario Human Rights Commission. The complaints come after Trails End decided Dominick — and two other transgendered people — couldn't staff Clarke-McIlwain's booth at the Dundas Street farmers market.
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A very clear case of discrimination
THE CITY: The weekend market is the focus of a human-rights complaint
By IAN GILLESPIE, The London Free Press
Last Updated: September 23, 2011 7:04am
http://www.lfpress.com/news/columnists/ian_gillespie/2011/09/22/18726796.html (http://www.lfpress.com/news/columnists/ian_gillespie/2011/09/22/18726796.html)
None of that matters. Because in the end, no matter how you slice or dice it, discrimination is wrong.
And as a few folks out at the Trail's End Farmer's Market may soon discover, it's also against the law.
[...]
On that day, Dani Dominick was working at the booth for True 2 You, a fragrance business owned by Karen Clarke that sells perfume, incense and related products. Although Dominick had worked for Clarke since June, it was the first time she'd helped out at the Trail's End site. (Clarke also has a booth at the Pinery Antique Market, and sells her products at various shows and festivals, including RibFest and Fall Fest.) Before we go further, you should know that Dominick is a transgendered individual -- a man who's making the transition into a woman. Although Dominick hasn't undergone surgery, she has started hormone replacement therapy and is slowly developing breasts and growing her hair.