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Originally Posted by Linus
It won't change people but at least it will protect trans when this can be proved (akin to discrimination that's happened to various gays in Canada, vis-a-vis gay marriage). It really should be a two-pronged approach but given who's in charge of the gov't, I'm impressed that this is even being considered at this point.
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Thing is to me, even since it passed in Ontario there hasn't been much change (which doesn't make much difference in Toronto since the city already had its own policy beforehand). Still regular/blatant discrimination by health care providers on basic checkups, still lots of homeless and unemployed trans people. The government passes legislation like this, and then they go and try to make cuts to ODSP or do little to force the Catholic school board to follow provincial discrimination laws and backed down from school reforms to include queer and trans people in the curriculum, the minute Conservatives complained. It just seems like a little fluff to try to appease trans people so they can now say "oh look, you have your rights" like they did with gay marriage (you know, "you can get married now, what more do you want?"), meanwhile making cuts to social services that many trans people need to survive or don't address other ways employers/landlords can easily dodge discrimination claims.