Gemma Hickey

• Winners announced for 2020 Atlantic Book Awards during virtual ceremony

  Eleven books won 13 awards for short stories, poetry, historical writing, memoirs, fiction and children's stories.

  Education

  Jun 30, 2020
  
• N.L. removes travel requirement for transition-related surgery assessment

  People seeking readiness assessments - required for approval of transition-related surgeries - have previously had to travel to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2019
  
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• Catholic Church abuse: Canada’s dark history and how to move forward

  Canadian bishops are participating in the Vatican's first-ever conference on widespread sexual abuse in the church. Here's how survivors say the church can truly make amends.

  Canada

  Feb 21, 2019
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• Activists says a still-active human rights case in N.L. speaks to the lasting homophobia in Canada

  LGBTQ activists who championed the issue of same-sex marriage more than a decade ago say the case's renewed life speaks to lingering homophobia in Canada.

  Canada

  Feb 17, 2019
• The Vatican ‘owes God an apology,’ activist says in letter to Pope Francis

  Newfoundland and Labrador was the site of two highly publicized abuse scandals in the late 1980s, when allegations of widespread abuse at Mount Cashel and Belvedere Catholic orphanages met with public shock and outrage.

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2018
• Newfoundland to allow switch to gender-neutral birth certificates

  Sex information will still be collected at birth, but people 12 and older will be able to choose an "X" on their birth certificate.

  Canada

  Sep 21, 2017
• Case over non-binary birth certificate back in Newfoundland court

  Hickey applied for a non-binary birth certificate in April and is believed to be among the first in Canada to do so.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2017