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Petition in support of Bill C-279 (aka Gender Identity Bill)
Sun, 2015-05-31 11:15
#1
Petition in support of Bill C-279 (aka Gender Identity Bill)
Sun, 2015-05-31 11:17
#2
The Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto is just now launching an online petition to the Senate of Canada to pass Bill C-279 without amendments. Bill C-279 is NDP Randall Garrison's bill that passed the House of Commons and is now in the Senate.
Currently a live broadcast of the launch here: http://www.mcctoronto.com/video Various community leaders such as the Reverend Brent Hawkes and ONDP MPP Cheri DiNovo are present.
Sun, 2015-05-31 12:59
#3
I wish Randall good luck.
Sun, 2015-05-31 18:29
#4
My biggest concern is that while in Ontario, trans people can change their Ontario birth certificate without surgery. It is still impossible for those who are not born in Ontario , to change the gener marker in their passport or citizenship card without surgery.
Wed, 2015-06-03 08:33
#5
My biggest concern is that while in Ontario, trans people can change their Ontario birth certificate without surgery. It is still impossible for those who are not born in Ontario , to change the gener marker in their passport or citizenship card without surgery.
That latter point isn't strictly correct. It is possible to obtain what's effectively a temporary Canadian passport (good for two years) pre-surgery. Having said that the process for obtaining a temporary passport (i.e., one that's good for two years) isn't straightforward and, in order to get a permanent passport (i.e., a "normal" one) with the new gender, the individual must have completed gender reassignment surgery (which not all people want to do).