The bouncer involved in a recent dispute at the Corona Tavern in Medicine Hat has resigned from his position in order to circumvent the alleged gag order imposed on staff by the bar’s owners in connection with accusations of transphobia. Peter Smith provided ownership with his two week notice of resignation on Thursday so he ...

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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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“It’s a perfect, all-inclusive symbol for everyone.” After months of discussing how best to shift their restrooms from gendered spaces into gender-neutral ones, the owners of Myers + Chang in Boston decided to codify their restrooms with the symbol famously used by the late pop star, Prince. The crew at the restaurant, who are all ...

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An agreement with Boyd Kodak, a transsexual man who was jailed in a women’s facility, will lead to revised policies for police interactions. Toronto police and the province have settled a human rights complaint lodged by a transsexual man who was arrested, placed in a women’s jail and forced to put on women’s undergarments and ...

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One man single-handily ground to a halt the most complex forms of sex reassignment surgery in Canada with an arson attempt Monday night that’s being investigated as a possible hate crime. He burst through the side door and bolted up a flight of stairs, alarming the staff member who’d thought he was a colleague locked ...

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