Alberta: Transgenocidal legislation
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/12/02/Alberta-Queer-Families-Not-OK

https://www.assembly.ab.ca/assembly-business/assembly-dashboard?legl=31&session=1

2024-Oct-31: 3 bills targeting 2SLGBTQIA+ youth

* Bill 26 bans trans-affirming health care incl. gender-affirming surgeries, hormone therapy, puberty blockers
* Bill 27 req. parental consent for all students <15 who want to change name &/or pronouns at school
* Bill 29 prevents trans girls/women f. particip. in sports w. cisgender girls/women

#Alberta #transgenocide #protofascism #Christofascism #transphobia

[galling duplicity] Alberta says fall sitting laser focused on expanding rights & freedoms
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/government-says-fall-sitting-laser-focused-on-expanding-rights-and-freedoms-1.7404163

Reality:
passed 3 contentious bills
restrict trans youths' access to gender-affirming healthcare
bar trans athletes f. playing on girls sports teams
only jurisdiction wh. parents must opt students into lessons about human sexuality, gender identity, sexual orientation

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#Alberta #transphobia #transgenocide

Government says fall sitting laser focused on expanding rights and freedoms | CBC News

Depending on who you ask, the fall sitting of the Alberta legislature was either a welcome expansion of citizens’ rights or a cynical erosion of rights to cement the premier’s favour with United Conservative Party members.

CBC

[Canada] Alberta Legislature Wraps Up Fall Session With Anti-Trans Bills
https://pressprogress.ca/alberta-legislature-wraps-up-fall-session-with-anti-trans-bills

https://www.assembly.ab.ca/assembly-business/assembly-dashboard?legl=31&session=1

* 3 transphobic bills become law in 2025
* Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party set its sights on gender affirming surgery, pronoun choice for students, & participation for trans women in sport
* despite past/duplicitous claims of 2SLGBTQIA+ advocacy
* treating transgender people as a threat to civilization

#Alberta #DanielleSmith #UCP #Christofascism #transgenocide

Alberta Legislature Wraps Up Fall Session With Anti-Trans Bills

Three right wing culture war bills to become law next year.

PressProgress

[Canada] Community rallies around 70-y.o. transgender actor who lost teeth in hate attack
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/lisa-stroud-actor-lost-teeth-attack-1.7409840

* Mar 2024 attack after leaving Hamilton, Ontario bar serving 2SLGBTQIA+ community
* detectives: hate crime
* 2 fundraisers, police victims fund helped pay for Lisa Stroud's $28K dental work to get her working again

#Canada #transgender #TransRights #TransLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter
#Christofascism #transgenocide #transphobia #HateCrimes #discrimination

Transgender actor who lost teeth in Hamilton attack is smiling and working again thanks to community support | CBC News

Lisa Stroud went without many teeth — and as a result, acting gigs — for seven months after being attacked in March outside The Well, Hamilton's only bar marketed to the local 2SLGBTQ+ community.

CBC
2SLGBTQ+ advocates fear 'dangerous time' in both U.S. and Canada as Trump rolls back protections | CBC News

Advocates for the 2SLGBTQ+ community in Manitoba say they're saddened and fearful after Donald Trump took aim at transgender people in one of his first moves in office.

CBC

[Canada] Court awards $380K to pride organization, drag performers in northwestern Ontario defamation suit
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/drag-queen-defamation-suit-1.7465407

Superior Court justice calls blogger's behaviour that of a 'common bully'

Unfamiliar with the culture? Watch this excellent interview:

Video: Lady Fantasia looks back on 20 year-dragiversary
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.7159008

#Canada #LGBTQ #drag #LGBTrights #Ontario

Court awards $380K to pride organization, drag performers in northwestern Ontario defamation suit | CBC News

A blogger in Thunder Bay, Ont., has been ordered by Ontario's Superior Court of Justice to pay $380,000 in damages, after making Facebook posts in 2022 accusing drag performers of grooming children. Here's how those involved reacted to the court decision.

CBC