barbara findlay Q.C.
  • Home
  • About barbara
    • Awards and Honours
  • Services
    • Family Law >
      • Cohabitation Agreements
      • Poly families
      • Separation Agreements
      • Divorce
      • Adoptions
    • Donor Insemination Agreements
    • Immigration for Lesbians and Gay Men
    • Estates
    • Employment Law and Wrongful Dismissal
    • Equality and Human Rights >
      • Transgender Issues: a Work in Progress
    • What We Don't Do
  • Out/Law Legal Guides
  • Case Chronology
  • Unlearning Oppression
  • Blog
  • Resources
    • Articles
  • Contact

Kenyan Trans* Folk Have Struggles from Hell

7/24/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
You want to register your trans* advocacy group to advocate for recognition of trans*.  You are refused...because the names of your members are not the ones reflecting your gender??? 
Yesterday, July 23, Daily Nation reported that that a group seeking to have their transgender status recognized in Kenya has won a major legal battle. The Non-Governmental Organizations coordination board allegedly refused to register an advocacy group for transgender people, Transgender Education and Advocacy (TEA), arguing that it could not recognize the group’s members since the names they had submitted for registration were not the ones reflecting their gender. A high court judge has now ordered the registration.

The article says that Justice George Odunga criticized the board for declining to recognize the group, whose members had sued for discrimination and violation of their fundamental human rights. It quotes him as saying that the board’s refusal to register the group amounted to a failure in discharging statutory functions and mandate and “was unfair, unreasonable, unjustified and in breach of rules of natural justice”.

Odunga is also said to have ordered the board to compensate Ms Audrey Mbugua, Ms Maureen Muia and Ms Annet Jennifer the cost of the three-year litigation, saying the Constitution upheld the individuals’ rights to assembly and cannot be deterred on grounds of gender orientation.
  (from Sogi News)


0 Comments

World first for Trans* kids in Catholic schools!

7/16/2014

4 Comments

 
Picture
Tracey Wilson, an 11 year old trans girl from Ladner, has caused The Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese to create a policy to cover trans* children in Catholic schools.

When Tracey's Catholic school refused to accommodate the recommendations of her psychologist and psychiatrist to be treated as a girl, she filed a human rights complaint.


The Catholic School Board initially resisted the complaint, but later invited the Wilsons to be involved in a collaborative process to develop a policy for Catholic schools.


Catholic teachings say that the Church does not believe that a person can change their gender.  So it was a challenge to work within that constraint.  But we developed a policy which leaves the Catholic theology intact, and implements  a policy to accommodate the gender presentation of all trans* children, including children with gender dysphoria.  That policy , which has already been passed by the Catholic School Board, means among other things that the next child in Tracey's situation will be able to request different pronouns, uniforms, and privacy in changing; and the school board will reduce gender-segregated activities.  It also means that gender-variant children - for whom neither or both M and F fit - will have their gender presentation accommodated.  



As far as we are aware, there is no Catholic school district in the world which has adopted a trans-inclusive policy. So the importance of 11 year old Tracey's actions will be felt around the world. 


We offer our respect and congratulations to the CISVA in their development of this policy with us.  It shows true leadership.


Vancouver is now, after the VSB policy and the Parks Board policy and now this one,  the leader in trans* inclusiveness around the world. 



4 Comments

    RSS Feed

    Subscribe to our blog

    Archives

    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    February 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    March 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012

    Categories

    All
    Aboriginal
    Access
    Accountability
    Adoption
    Aids
    Alberta
    Amnesty International
    Apology
    Appeal
    Assisted Human Reproduction Technology
    Bathrooms
    Birth Certificate
    Bisexual
    Board Of Education
    Breast Cancer
    British Columbia
    Broadcast
    Bullying
    Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
    Catholic
    Charter Of Rights
    Charter Of Values
    Child Protection
    Children
    Child Support
    Child Welfare
    Christian
    Citizenship
    Civil Rights
    Civil Union
    Coca Cola
    Colonialism
    Comedy
    Common Law
    Confidentiality
    Courts
    Criminal Law
    Custody
    Depilation
    Disability
    Discrimination
    Divorce
    Donor Insemination
    Education
    Egg Donor
    Egypt
    Employment
    Equality Rights
    Ethnic Origin
    Family Law
    Family Law Act
    Family Relations Act
    Federal Court
    Feminist
    First Nations
    Freedom Of Conscience
    Freedom Of Expression
    Freedom Of Religion
    Freedom Of Speech
    Gay
    Gay Straight Alliance
    Gender Expression
    Gender Identity
    Gender Marker
    Genderqueer
    Genetic
    Genetic Testing
    Greyson
    Harassment
    Harper
    Hate Speech
    Health
    Hiv
    Holocaust
    Homophobia
    Homosexual
    Homosexuality
    House Of Commons
    Human Rights
    Idaho
    Immigration
    International
    Intersex
    Jail
    Jewish
    John Baird
    Judge
    Kansas
    Kenya
    Kris Wells
    Kuwait
    Law
    Law Society Of Bc
    Law Society Of Ontario
    Leaflet
    Lesbian
    Loubani
    Malaysia
    Marriage
    Mary Bryson
    Medical Plan
    Minority
    Music
    Muslim
    Nepal
    Obama
    Ontario
    Pansexual
    Parenting
    Passport
    Power Of Attorney
    Prejudice
    Pride
    Prison
    Property
    Publication
    Public Opinion
    Quebec
    Queer
    Race
    Racism
    Rae Spoon
    Refugee
    Registered Domestic Partnership
    Religion
    Representation Agreement
    Reproductive Technology
    Research
    Retirement Home
    Russia
    Same Sex
    Same Sex Marriage
    Saskatchewan
    School
    Schools
    Seniors
    Sexism
    Sex Reassignment Surgery
    Sexual Assault
    Sexual Orientation
    Sharia Law
    Sikhism
    Slander
    Social Assistance
    South Carolina
    South Dakota
    Speaking Out
    Special General Meeting
    Sperm Donor
    Spousal Sponsorship
    Spousal Support
    Sun Dance
    Supreme Court Of Canada
    Surrogacy
    Surrogate Mother
    Tarek Loubani
    Tenancy
    Tennessee
    Three Parents
    Trans Alliance Society
    Transgender
    Transition
    Transsexual
    Trinity Western University
    Tweet
    TWU
    Uganda
    United States
    Viet Nam
    Visa
    Voice Therapy
    Washroom
    Wills

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
Photos used under Creative Commons from phalinn, quinn.anya, tedeytan, ToGa Wanderings, Jason Spaceman, Tim Reckmann | a59.de, Enokson, Abulic Monkey, Nina Matthews Photography, _DarkGuru_, Gribiche, whiteafrican, Sweet One, jk+too, Stephane Gaudry, DonkeyHotey, Moon Wolfe