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blue_lotus13) wrote2005-12-08 11:08 am
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Fucking mad...
The more I think about it, the more I am angry about the Kimberly Nixon case. Kim Nixon is a trans-woman who was barred from acting as a volunteer counsellor at the Vancouver Rape Relief shelter, because she was born a man. The Vancouver Rape Relief shelter has decided that since she was born a man, she cannot work as a counsellor for women.
In my mind, this is FUCKING DISCRIMINATION, and it's made all the more worse because it's from a supposedly feminist, women friendly organixation.
She appealed to the BC Human Rights Tribunal, and the BC Supreme Court and her appeal was denied. She will now head to Supreme Court of Canada.
I want to write some angry letters. Does anyone know where I can write to?
I've also fired off an email to my editor at Herizons asking if I can write an article for them.
In my mind, this is FUCKING DISCRIMINATION, and it's made all the more worse because it's from a supposedly feminist, women friendly organixation.
She appealed to the BC Human Rights Tribunal, and the BC Supreme Court and her appeal was denied. She will now head to Supreme Court of Canada.
I want to write some angry letters. Does anyone know where I can write to?
I've also fired off an email to my editor at Herizons asking if I can write an article for them.
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I was on the collective in 1995 for about six months and oh, boy, could I tell you some stories. It'd curl your hair.
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anyway, I couldn't tell you where to write letters to in Canada, but I know of several resources in America, if you're interested.
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I hope Herizons takes you up on it.
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and two weeks ago, i was in glasgow at a meeting about new legislation which outlaws discrimination against transsexual people. unfortunately, some representatives of organisations which solely or primarily support women indicated that they were seeking loopholes to avoid employing or admitting trans women.
in my naivete, i didn't expect to hear folks bleating about "women-born women" in scotland in this day and age. but i was wrong.