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Finally!  B.C's Human Rights Code is Up to Date
Just in time to escape the embarrassment of being excluded from Pride this year, the BC Government has amended the B.C. Human Rights Code to add "gender identity" and "gender expression".

Last year the Liberals were refused entry into the parade because they refused to sign the Pride Society's pledge to support human rights for trans people.

This year, their tune has changed.

​But they are only mouthing the words.

While the government is claiming to support trans rights, on the one hand, they are fighting tooth and nail against trans rights on the other.

They are refusing to remove gender markers from birth certificates - even though they know
  • that a person's gender is determined by their gender identity
  • that a person's gender identity cannot be known till long after they are born
  • when the government ascribes a gender to a baby on the basis of their birth certificate, and then goes ahead and certifies the information to be true, they know they are wrong in some of the cases they certify
  • there is absolutely no reason for a gender marker to be included on a birth certificate

A hearing is expected in the birth certificate case in December.

By next Pride, maybe there will be action and not just empty words.

In Particular - barbara findlay
Becca Plucer directed a great documentary which looks at the history of queer rights through the lens of my life.
It has been shown on OUT TV, at the Rio Theatre, and at festivals in Montreal, Nelson and Victoria, and most recently at the Queer Film Festival.
The movie includes the ever-fabulous and courageous Vancouver activists whom I have had the honour to work with to move our rights forward:
Barbara Bell, Sandy Leo Laframboise, Kimberly Nixon, Shantel Ivits, Craig Maynard, Theresa Tait-Day, Sadie Kuehn, Jeannette Piry, Joanne Arnott, Liz Whynot, and Sheila Gilhooly.  
Many people have asked me how to access the movie.  Click here for the Itunes link.

Welcome to
The Law Office of
    barbara findlay, Q.C.

I am a queer feminist lawyer committed to making the law work for all of us. For me, this means everything from helping someone prepare their will, to fighting ground breaking equality rights cases, to drafting conception agreements for three parent families planning a child by assisted insemination.

It also means grassroots advocacy and legal education: knowledge is power. On this website you'll find news about legal developments affecting gay, lesbians, bisexual and transgender people; how to find the free Out/Law series of legal information pamphlets available for download, articles discussing legal issues affecting LGBT communities, a description of the services we provide, and how to contact us.

The Out/Law Series
​Free Legal Guides
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These free legal guides are full of information that's important to you. Written by barbara findlay,
Q.C., they are available in the downloadable PDF format.

Multi Parent Families

To create a family which includes a child with more than two legal parents, you need a written agreement before the child is conceived.
Click here for more information.


Divorce for non-Canadians
It is now, finally, possible for people from outside of Canada who married here, to get divorced.  
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barbara findlay is a member of Fertility Law B.C., a working group on issues of assisted reproduction and the law.
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Aerlyn Weissman
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