(Previously offered to Xtra.ca. They did post a reply by Christin Milloy) Xtra’s Rob Salerno recently questioned whether it was important to work toward explicit inclusion for transsexual and transgender…
The Transport Committee has upheld the gender marker match requirement in the Aeronautics Act which has the potential to ban some or even most transsexual and transgender Canadians from flying.…
The Transport Committee will be meeting again on Thursday to discuss a motion put forward by Olivia Chow with Randall Garrison and Dany Morin to remove the gender marker requirement…
Continuing the reportage of the new regulations that could potentially bar some trans Canadians from being able to board a plane. Here’s part one for the background, and a statement…
I just wanted to update folks on the Aeronautics Act regulatory change issue. Firstly, I caution people to avoid saying that that trans people are “completely banned” from airlines, especially…
Marathon runner Jennifer McCreath has pointed out a recent regulatory change that the Harper Conservatives have made to the Aeronautics Act (i.e. passed by ministerial fiat, rather than shepherded through…
“It’ll never pass,” I often heard. “Not with a Harper government. They’d never support human rights inclusion for transsexual and transgender people.” And then it passed. Oh, Bill C-389 —…
