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Black and trans voices frustrated by lack of inclusion in Vancouver Women's March

Controversy over the lack of Black and trans voices at the Vancouver Women's March on Washington has opened up a conversation about how to move forward with inclusive feminist organizing.

Organized by a group of five core volunteers, the Vancouver event labelled itself an inclusive march for all groups. The B.C. Government Employees Union estimates that as many as 15,000 people attended. However, on the night before the march, Black Lives Matter-Vancouver released a statement saying it had not received an invitation to participate and the chapter would not attend.

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After Census snub, Canada's trans community feels like it doesn't count

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Some members of the transgender community can't help but feel institutionally overlooked after the 2016 census failed to include options for transgender people.

Groups supportive of LGBTQ rights fear that what may seem like a small oversight by not including non-binary gender options on the census is what leads to entire demographic segments being overlooked both culturally and legislatively.

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B.C. Corrections amends policy for transgender inmates

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In a move applauded by prisoners' rights and LGBTQ advocates, B.C. Corrections has amended its policy on transgender inmates. Now, individuals are to be placed in correctional facilities based on their gender identity, rather than their birth sex.

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November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance

November 20, 2015 |

Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed on November 20 to recognize and honour members of the trans community, who have been murdered for expressing their gender choice.

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Saskatchewan becomes the first province in Canada to fly the transgender flag

Saskatchewan became the first province in Canada to fly the flag of the transgender community on March 31. Though the action is symbolic, it comes at a time where the acceptance of transgender individuals has often lagged behind those of the wider LGBTQ community.

The flag was flown to mark the International Day of Transgender Visibility, meant to promote awareness of the trans community and the human rights issues they still face.

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Senate transphobia inexcusable -- past time for transgender rights bill

March 2, 2015 |

y sending Bill C-279 back to the House of Commons instead of passing it, Conservative senators have taken an inexcusable stand against equality and human rights.

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On Bill C-279, state violence and institutional transphobia

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On Wednesday February 25, the Canadian Senate voted 6-4 to amend Bill C-279. Bill C-279 is federal Bill that seeks to bring rights and equality to transgender Canadians, sponsored by NDP MP Randall Garrison and which passed in the house of commons two years ago.

The amendments the Senate wants would essentially render Bill C-279 useless.

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50 Shades of Shut Up: This week's blogs roundup

Jessica Prupas

| February 27, 2015

This week marked National Adjunct Walkout Day, a day of action in support of job-insecure adjunct professors, some of whom can scarcely afford to fill up their cars in order to get to work. Angela Regnier gives some background on the nomadic lives of so-called 'Road Scholars' -- adjunct faculty members who move from contract to contract; Aalya Ahmad, meanwhile, shares her experience of consistently feeling undervalued as an adjunct.

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Bill C-279 is the latest in a series of proposed laws that would extend long-overdue human rights protection to transgender people.

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Transgender equality rights now up to the Senate

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Bill C-279 is now before a Senate Committee which is considering amendments to the proposed legislation which would essentially undo the principles the bill aims to uphold.

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