Make no doubt about it—it’s Morgane Oger’s year. Oger was chosen as a 2016 Vancouver Pride parade grand marshal, won the inaugural trans-activist award at the 2016 Pride Legacy Awards, and flew to Ottawa to witness Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould introduce legislation to include the terms gender identity and gender expression in the Canadian Human ...

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A new law to protect transgender rights in B.C.’s Human Rights Code passed into law Monday, despite opposition from at least one of the governing party’s own MLAs. Laurie Throness, the Liberal MLA for Chilliwack-Hope, said his religious beliefs prevented him from supporting legislation to specifically enshrine protection for transgender people in the human rights ...

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NDP MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert has tried to have B.C. Human Rights Code amended for several years The provincial government plans to table legislation that will explicitly protect gender identity and expression in the B.C. Human Rights Code, Attorney General Suzanne Anton announced Wednesday in Vancouver. “In British Columbia we have a human rights code ...

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Premier Christy Clark missed the vote in the legislature this week on transgender rights in order to attend a party fundraiser. The premier joined members from both parties on the front steps of the legislature on Monday morning to celebrate the pending legislation. Her staff confirmed she left the capital later in the day to ...

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