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Title: The Funeral Goer: Trans legalities
Post by: LostInTime on March 08, 2007, 01:13:27 PM
Post by: LostInTime on March 08, 2007, 01:13:27 PM
Link (http://www.mcgilldaily.com/view.php?aid=5987)
It turns out that the law can be a {deleted}. Especially if you're trans. Even in Canada where one assumes rights are protected from birth until grave, people are subjected to inconsistent applications of arbitrary laws. Dr. Namaste, Principal and Associate Professor at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University, outlined theoretical issues and empirical case studies involving transgender and transsexual people in Quebec and Canada. Human rights, municipal bylaws, and immigration policies all place trans people in a precarious situation.
It turns out that the law can be a {deleted}. Especially if you're trans. Even in Canada where one assumes rights are protected from birth until grave, people are subjected to inconsistent applications of arbitrary laws. Dr. Namaste, Principal and Associate Professor at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University, outlined theoretical issues and empirical case studies involving transgender and transsexual people in Quebec and Canada. Human rights, municipal bylaws, and immigration policies all place trans people in a precarious situation.