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Title: Canada- Transgender Thunder Bay resident applauds discrimination ban
Post by: SandraJane on June 17, 2012, 08:14:30 AM
Post by: SandraJane on June 17, 2012, 08:14:30 AM
CBC News | Canada
Transgender Thunder Bay resident applauds discrimination ban
Aiden Kivisto said the provincial change will help many of his peers
CBC News | Posted: Jun 15, 2012 10:52 AM ET | Last Updated: Jun 15, 2012 10:45 AM ET
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/story/2012/06/15/tby-trans-descrimination-ban.html (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/story/2012/06/15/tby-trans-descrimination-ban.html)
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Aiden Kivisto, 24, recently returned to Thunder Bay. He was once known as Lea. (Nicole Ireland/CBC)
As Thunder Bay's annual Thunder Pride festivities wrap up this weekend, transgender people have something extra to celebrate. Ontario has just banned discrimination based on a person's gender identity.
This is good news for city resident Aiden Kivisto. The 24-year-old returned to his hometown of Thunder Bay from Toronto last year. Before he left, his name was Lea.
Transgender Thunder Bay resident applauds discrimination ban
Aiden Kivisto said the provincial change will help many of his peers
CBC News | Posted: Jun 15, 2012 10:52 AM ET | Last Updated: Jun 15, 2012 10:45 AM ET
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/story/2012/06/15/tby-trans-descrimination-ban.html (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/story/2012/06/15/tby-trans-descrimination-ban.html)
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Aiden Kivisto, 24, recently returned to Thunder Bay. He was once known as Lea. (Nicole Ireland/CBC)
As Thunder Bay's annual Thunder Pride festivities wrap up this weekend, transgender people have something extra to celebrate. Ontario has just banned discrimination based on a person's gender identity.
This is good news for city resident Aiden Kivisto. The 24-year-old returned to his hometown of Thunder Bay from Toronto last year. Before he left, his name was Lea.