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Title: Undue Hardship
Post by: Shana A on July 08, 2010, 09:40:53 AM
Undue Hardship

http://jessicalive.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/undue-hardship/ (http://jessicalive.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/undue-hardship/)

When I began my transition, I was given a "carry letter." I was never asked for it, but I was assured it might be necessary, especially if I travelled.

If there is a legal situation, as there was in Canada, as there might yet be in the United States, where medical treatment trumps identity, why is it unreasonable?

In Canada, under human rights law, there is a duty to accommodate to the limit of undue hardship.