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Information and resources for the people of Kanata United Church, as we continue our journey as an Affirming congregation.
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Family
This week, we celebrated Family Day. Lets look at a new concept in families.
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Thursday, February 14, 2019
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Transgender and a Choice for Gender Identity
In 2017, the federal government passed legislation(1) to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act adding gender identity and gender expression to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination.
The Ontario Human Rights Commission has provided a “Policy on preventing discrimination because of gender identity and gender expression”(2).
In 2017, the Ontario Government began changing most of its forms to ask for “gender identity” rather than “sex”. This means that transgender people can chose to describe themselves as the gender they identify with, not necessarily the biological gender they were born as. Furthermore, Ontarians now have a choice beyond describing themselves as male or female on the forms such as birth certificates etc. Forms now provide a choice among Female, Male or X. “X” can be used by “Trans, Non-Binary, Two-Spirit, and Binary people and people who don’t want to disclose their gender identity”(3) No supporting documents are necessary to change one’s gender identity at Service Ontario.
(1) Canada. Parliament of Canada. Statutes of Canada 2017. Chapter 13. “An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code,” Web version:
http://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/C-16/royal-assent
(2) Ontario Human Rights Commission. “Policy on preventing discrimination because of gender identity and gender expression” January 31, 2014. See:
http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/policy-preventing-discrimination-because-gender-identity-and-gender-expression
(3) Government of Ontario. “Gender and sex information on government IDs and forms,” 2017. See: https://www.ontario.ca/page/consultation-gender-and-sex-information-government-ids-and-forms
The Ontario Human Rights Commission has provided a “Policy on preventing discrimination because of gender identity and gender expression”(2).
In 2017, the Ontario Government began changing most of its forms to ask for “gender identity” rather than “sex”. This means that transgender people can chose to describe themselves as the gender they identify with, not necessarily the biological gender they were born as. Furthermore, Ontarians now have a choice beyond describing themselves as male or female on the forms such as birth certificates etc. Forms now provide a choice among Female, Male or X. “X” can be used by “Trans, Non-Binary, Two-Spirit, and Binary people and people who don’t want to disclose their gender identity”(3) No supporting documents are necessary to change one’s gender identity at Service Ontario.
(1) Canada. Parliament of Canada. Statutes of Canada 2017. Chapter 13. “An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code,” Web version:
http://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/C-16/royal-assent
(2) Ontario Human Rights Commission. “Policy on preventing discrimination because of gender identity and gender expression” January 31, 2014. See:
http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/policy-preventing-discrimination-because-gender-identity-and-gender-expression
(3) Government of Ontario. “Gender and sex information on government IDs and forms,” 2017. See: https://www.ontario.ca/page/consultation-gender-and-sex-information-government-ids-and-forms
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