The insanity spans the globe.
Via CBC:
The Liberal government is set to announce next week that it will propose legislation that would give legal and human rights protections to transgender people, following through on a pledge made during the federal election campaign.
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia is celebrated annually on May 17 to mark the World Health Organization’s decision in 1990 to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder.
The special day was created in 2004 to draw attention to the violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and those who don’t conform to socially defined sexual and gender norms.
“We are looking forward to a big day,” said Michael Davis, the director of communications for Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, on Friday.
“The minister looks forward to fulfilling her commitment as outlined by the prime minister in her mandate letter,” Davis told CBC News by phone on Friday.
In his mandate letter, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked Wilson-Raybould to make it a priority to introduce legislation “to add gender identity as a prohibited ground for discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act, and to the list of distinguishing characteristics of ‘identifiable group’ protected by the hate speech provisions of the Criminal Code.”
Similar legislation was proposed and passed in the House of Commons twice before being defeated in the Senate.
HT: Jettie G