Sudbury shelter subject of human rights complaint
Transgendered woman files human rights complaint, says Sudbury YWCA shelter asked 'very sexual' questions
CBC News
Posted: Jan 6, 2012 7:58 AM ET
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/story/2012/01/06/sby-ywca-human-rights-complaint.html (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/story/2012/01/06/sby-ywca-human-rights-complaint.html)
A transgendered woman has filed a human rights complaint against a Sudbury women's shelter. Jessica Larabee — who is transitioning from male to female — claims the YWCA asked her personal sexual questions and then turned her away.
When Larabee, 23, visited her hometown of Sudbury this past July, she said she had problems with her partner and called the YWCA shelter for help.
After she told shelter staff she was born male, she was asked a series of questions about her genitals.
I used to get kicked out of men's shelters when I was a teenager, if they found out I wasn't a real boy. I didn't have the word "trans" back then, didn't know there were others like me.