Egale

• Trudeau accepts award for LGBTQ advocacy, says more work to be done

  A rainbow-hued Toronto hotel ballroom erupted in applause Thursday night as Trudeau took to the stage to accept an award from human rights group Egale Canada for his LGBTQ advocacy.

  Canada

  May 25, 2018
  
• Ontario to change law by year end to legally recognize same-sex parents

  The definition of parents in Ontario - described as a man and a woman - will soon change, Premier Kathleen Wynne said Monday as she promised to fix the "outdated" laws that require same-sex couples to adopt their own children.

  Canada

  May 31, 2016
  
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• Canada is getting a trans rights bill next week

  Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould will introduce legislation making gender identity a prohibited ground for discrimination in Canada's Human Rights Act and make it an identifiable group protected from hate crimes.

  Canada

  May 13, 2016
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• Transgender people still not counted in Canada’s hate crimes data

  A bill to add gender identity to Canada's Criminal Code and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms was killed in the Senate last year. The new Justice Minister has been tasked with reviving it.

  Canada

  Apr 13, 2016