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barbara findlay Q.C.





​Making the law work for all of us

     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 preparing cohabitation and separation agreements, 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.

At the Movies...
TWU documentary:  Queers, Christians and Canadian Justice​

​Remember the victory?  This documentary has the deets.
Lorna Boschman's documentary "Queers, Christians and Canadian Justice", produced by OUT TV, is available for download on Itunes or Google Play.
With commentary from the perspective of queer Christians of colour and legal analysis by Susan Ursel, Preston Parsons and barbara findlay,  the documentary reviews the high stakes drama of the legal profession voting to overturn its own governing body in order to support queers, and the nail-biting anxiety that the Supreme Court of Canada would repeat its 2001 mistake of approving an education faculty at the university.
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.

Tips and News


Manitoba M/F birth certificates are discriminatory
November 4, 2019
T.A., a nonbinary trans person, successfully challenged the practice of the Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency to issue limit gender markers on birth certificates to M or F.
The tribunal ruled that the Agency is required to revise its criteria for changing the sex disignation on birth certificates so that it includes recognition of non binary sex designations.  The Agency can do that either by adding an 'x' option or by issuing birth certificates without gender markers. 
The Agency also has to publish the new criteria, and assist in pulibicizing and informing the relevant health providers for trans and non-binary individuals in MB of the changes.
Finally, the tribunal awarded $50,000 to T.A.
Of 13 Canadian jurisdictions, seven offer M/F only; five provide for a third option, and of those three offer a birth certificate printed without a gender marker. 

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 possible for people from outside of Canada who married here, to get divorced.
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The Out/Law Series of Free Legal Guides
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These free legal guides by barbara findlay are full of information that's important to you.  
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barbara findlay is a member of Fertility Law B.C., a group of lawyers working on issues of assisted reproduction and the law.
Copyright barbara findlay 2012-2019 ©


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Aerlyn Weissman
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