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SEXUAL FREEDOM

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060303.BCSENTENCING03/TPStory/National 15 years for HIV+ unsafe sex with 7 women and lying, 3 woman became HIV In December, Mr. Nduwayo was found guilty on five charges of aggravated sexual assault, one charge of attempted aggravated sexual assault and one charge of sexual assault. likely to be appealed While all but one woman consented to sex, they would not have done so had they known Mr. Nduwayo had been infected, the jury found, rendering Mr. Nduwayo's testimony that he always wore condoms "worthless." "True consent must be consent to have sex with a partner knowing that he is HIV-positive," said Justice Truscott.

GROUNDS

Nixon v.Vancouver Rape Relief http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/03/19/2003bcsc1936.htm [16] In Vancouver Rape Relief Society v. British Columbia (Human Rights Commission) et al. 2000 BCSC 889, Mr. Justice Davies dismissed the petition for prohibition. Rape Relief does not contest the finding at para. 59 “that the prohibition against discrimination on the basis of “sex” in the ... Code includes a prohibition against discrimination on the basis of transsexualism”, which term Davies J. used interchangeably with “gender identity”.

BCCA http://www.lancasterhouse.com/decisions/2005/dec/BCCA-Nixon.HTM http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/Jdb-txt/CA/05/06/2005BCCA0601.htm is under appeal to SCC?

http://www.rapereliefshelter.bc.ca/issues/knixon_chronology.html December 7, 2005 The B.C. Court of Appeal held unanimously that Vancouver Rape Relief has the right to prefer to train women who have never been treated as anything but female. The Chief Justice said: "The respondent Society was entitled to give preference to women who are not post-operative transexuals, because there is a rational connection between the preference and the respondent's work or purpose."

Barbara Findlay artiles on transgender http://www.barbarafindlay.com/articles.htm

BC http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/programs/hrc/publications/SexualOrientationDiscrimination.pdf "Transgendered and transvestite persons are protected from discrimination under the Code under the prohibited ground of sex (gender identity)." (FY but is not in definition of sex in act)

http://www.bchrcoalition.org/files/RightsToKnow.pdf and http://www.bchrcoalition.org/files/GroundsProtection.html Sex (including sexual harassment, pregnancy, and transgendered discrimination)

canada Canadian Heritage - http://patrimoinecanadien.gc.ca/progs/pdp-hrp/canada/sexorient_e.cfm http://patrimoinecanadien.gc.ca/progs/pdp-hrp/canada/outandabout/outandabout_e.pdf

CHRAReview http://canada.justice.gc.ca/chra/en/frp-c17.html#d It has been recognized in some cases that discrimination against transsexuals is discrimination on the basis of sex, and in other cases that it is discrimination on the grounds of sex and disability. The Commission's practice is to admit such complaints on the ground of sex We agree with the view that transgendered individuals are protected from discrimination on the ground of sex or the combined grounds of sex and disability. We recommend that gender identity be added to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Act.

Manitoba Human Rights Commission http://www.gov.mb.ca/hrc/english/publications/factsheets/sex-or.html gay, lesbian or bisexual. http://www.gov.mb.ca/hrc/english/publications/factsheets/prohib.html GENDER-DETERMINED CHARACTERISTICS not included above. SEXUAL ORIENTATION: this includes heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual orientation.

http://www.gov.mb.ca/hrc/english/publications/policies/L2.pdf Section 9(1)(a) provides for an open-ended definition of discrimination, protecting classes or groups of people on the basis of personal characteristics not found within s. 9(2). Should it turn out that gender identity is not included in the existing protections set out in s. 9(2), it would likely form the basis for a protected group under s. 9(1)(a), given the considerations set out above.

Code 9(2)g)gender-determined characteristics or circumstances other than those included in clause (f);

ontario code does not incl partnership or relationship except: 12. A right under Part I is infringed where the discrimination is because of relationship, association or dealings with a person or persons identified by a prohibited ground of discrimination

http://www.ohrc.on.ca/english/publications/gender-identity-policy.pdf printed The right to equal treatment without discrimination or harassment because of sex extends to all persons. The Commission has taken the policy position that this protection extends to persons because of gender identity. Complaints related to gender identity are made almost exclusively by transgenderists and transsexuals. Gender identity is linked to an individual’s intrinsic sense of self and, particularly the sense of being male or female. Individuals whose birth-assigned sex does not conform to their gender identity include transsexuals, transgenderists, intersexed persons and cross-dressers.

Transgendered describes individuals who are not comfortable with, or who reject, in whole or in part, their birth assigned gender identities. The word transgendered is generally viewed as an umbrella term that unifies people who identify as transsexual, transgenderist, intersexed, transvestite or as a cross-dresser. Transgenderists self-identify and live as the opposite gender but have decided not to undergo sex reassignment surgery. Transsexuals are individuals who have a strong and persistent feeling that they are living in the wrong sex. This term is normally used to describe individuals who have undergone sexreassignment surgery. A male transsexual has a need to live as a woman and a female transsexual has a need to live as a man. http://www.ohrc.on.ca/english/consultations/gender-identity-discussion-paper.pdf printed http://www.ohrc.on.ca/english/news/e_pr_thunder-bay-settlement.shtml settlement re schhols

Quebec http://www.cdpdj.qc.ca/fr/droits-personne/discrimination-harcelement.asp?noeud1=1&noeud2=3&cle=2 Orientation sexuelle : hétérosexualité, homosexualité. Sexe : féminin ou masculin, transsexualité. http://www.cdpdj.qc.ca/fr/publications/docs/homo_transsexual.pdf février 2001 get it printed nengagent que l'auteur -- is speech -- has cases on transexuality = civil status in 1982, is sex not sexual orientation in 1998 http://www.cdpdj.qc.ca/fr/publications/docs/gais_lesbiennes.pdf

http://www.cdpdj.qc.ca/fr/publications/docs/bilan_charte_etude_2.pdf En soi, l’orientation sexuelle n’a jamais suscité un nombre imposant de plaintes individuelles à la Commission, le pourcentage de ces plaintes par rapport à l’ensemble des dossiers ouverts n’ayant jamais atteint les 5 %.

SAskatchewan http://www.gov.sk.ca/shrc/skrfw98p5.htm has stats

EDUCATION

ontario http://www.ohrc.on.ca/english/news/e_pr_thunder-bay-settlement.shtml settlement re schhols

quebec http://www.cdpdj.qc.ca/fr/publications/docs/bilan_charte_etude_2.pdf En 2001, la Commission adoptait un plan d’intervention concernant la discrimination fondée sur l’orientation sexuelle dans le secteur de l’éducation. Ce plan d’intervention comprend, notamment, une vaste opération de sensibilisation auprès des commissions scolaires, des directions des écoles secondaires et des conseils d’établissement. Dans ce cadre, une lettre du président de la Commission a été envoyée (2500 envois) pour rappeler les problèmes de plusieurs jeunes gais et lesbiennes et la nécessaire prise en compte de ces questions par le milieu scolaire. Une session de formation intitulée L’homophobie ou le pouvoir destructeur des mots 165 destinée au personnel scolaire du secondaire a été, depuis, présentée dans plusieurs écoles de la

http://www.cdpdj.qc.ca/fr/formation/milieux-education.asp?noeud1=4&noeud2=10&cle=16#atelier4 training module http://www.cdpdj.qc.ca/fr/modules-formation/module-homophobie.asp?noeud1=4&noeud2=14&cle=66 training module