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8 Feb

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The response to the @CanLawMag article on preferred gender pronouns does not reflect well on Canadian lawyers. Most of the responses were just generic accusations of transphobia but there were a few points that have enough coherence to merit a response. /2
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“People have a right to their name and pronouns.” Names and pronouns are different. Names are personal. You have a right to choose your name and require others to use it. Pronouns are part of the shared resource of a language. Words in a language need a shared meaning. /3

In English, the pronouns “he” and “him” describe male persons while the pronouns “she” and “her” describe female persons. Since time immemorial, male and female have been biological categories and humans have a highly evolved capacity to distinguish the two. /4

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4 Feb

Thread on the Quebec decision on changing sex markers on birth certificates. This is a civil law case so I can't comment on some legal issues but there are factual and procedural points that are relevant across Canada, and the world for that matter. /2
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In addition to the individual applicants, the parties were Center for Gender Advocacy, Egale Canada Human Rights Trust, LGBT Family Coalition and Gender Creative Kids Canada. Four parties on the same side with no public representation of the opposing view. /3

The hearing lasted 20 days and it took 2 years for the judge to deliver his decision. Compare the Bell v. Tavistock hearing, which lasted 2 days and was decided in less than 2 months. Costs and delay are a problem throughout the Canadian justice system. /4

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26 Jan

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The response from @MinJusticeEn to the petition of @GilleanSays is filled with sloppy thinking. Conversion therapy is described as a practice which discriminates against LGBTQ2 people. But conversion therapy is not a single practice and LGBTQ2 people are a diverse community. /2

https://twitter.com/GilleanSays/status/1354125570573967360

The Bill simply copies talking points from lobby groups rather than than attempting to apply serious legal analysis. The government has either not read or chosen to ignore the multiple briefs which argued that sexual orientation and gender identity are different. /3

The Minister says that the mental health and medical professions denounce conversion therapy aimed at
"achieving a cisgender or heterosexual outcome." While there is a professional consensus that changing sexual orientation is wrong there is no agreement on gender identity. /4

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18 Dec 20

#Billc6 update. The minutes for the clause by clause review of Bill C-6 on conversion therapy have been posted so we can see what other amendments were proposed. The approved amendments are in the report of the committee. /2
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@r_garrison

There were a series of amendments proposed by @r_garrison which would have made the bill more restrictive by extending the ban to adults. These were rejected. The one amendment that passed changed the wording of the exemption in a way that, in my view, is a small improvement. /3

This is the amendment proposed by Rob Moore. It misses the point. In my opinion, the government is correct that the words "practice, service or treatment" already exclude private conversations or expressions or opinion that do not form part of formal counselling or therapy. /4

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9 Dec 20

Looking ahead on #BillC6. The Justice Committee will do clause by clause review of Bill C-6 tomorrow. Based on the comments at the hearings, I expect the Bill to be approved without amendment. After Friday, the House is scheduled to adjourn until Jan 25, 2021. /2

When the House returns it will consider the committee report. Amendments can be proposed at this stage. It will then move on to third reading debate where there is a further opportunity to propose amendments. This is likely to happen sometime in February. /3

The Bill then goes to the Senate, which repeats the process. After second reading, the Bill will be referred to the Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs where there will be another chance for public input. /4
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8 Dec 20

@r_garrison

@r_garrison has made a shameful attack on the @DetransCanada Most detransitioners are young women who have to struggle with all the problems of being young and female in addition to the problems caused by their gender and the untreated problems that led them to transition. /2

https://twitter.com/StandUp4Women_/status/1336393543594766342

Most detransitioners suffered from serious mental health problems and for many of them these problems are still ongoing. It take exceptional courage for these young women to ask to speak in a public forum. They don't deserve to be ignored and called liars.

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