Category: freedom

10 posts

FIFA Cannot Keep Treating Inclusion as Optional

FIFA Cannot Keep Treating Inclusion as Optional

December 11, 2025

LGBTQ people in Iran and Egypt live under laws that treat their existence as a crime. In Iran, same-sex intimacy can mean prison, flogging, or even execution. In Egypt, “morality” and “debauchery” laws are used to jail people for who they are, how they dress, or what they post online. This is not “cultural difference.” It is state-sanctioned persecution that must be named for what it is.

The Window Is Closing: Trans and Nonbinary Americans Need to Prepare for a Safe Exit

The Window Is Closing: Trans and Nonbinary Americans Need to Prepare for a Safe Exit

February 22, 2025

The situation for transgender and nonbinary people in the U.S. seems to be worsening and quickly. If history has taught us anything, it’s that when a marginalized group is targeted, escape routes can close quickly. For those paying attention, the writing is on the wall: a combination of restrictive laws, court decisions, and rising hostility […]

Entering Canada at a Port of Entry

Entering Canada at a Port of Entry

February 9, 2025

This info sheet may be of particular interest to US passport holders who are transgender or nonbinary and face passport confiscation when leaving the US at a port of entry. A person can enter Canada at a port of entry even if they did not leave another country through an official port of entry. However, […]

Anti-SOGI Hatred’s Consequences Harms The Perpetrator Too

Anti-SOGI Hatred's Consequences Harms The Perpetrator Too

September 16, 2023

There's so much hatred in the air right now. In a society that prides itself on diversity and inclusivity, the surge of hate speech and discriminatory speech, particularly anti-SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) rhetoric, presents a concerning paradox. The incitement to discriminate against individuals based on their sexual orientation or gender identity is not […]

Tolerating Police Brutality Against Defenseless People (for being who they are) Brings Predictable Consequences

Tolerating Police Brutality Against Defenseless People (for being who they are) Brings Predictable Consequences

May 31, 2020

The people governing the U.S. law-enforcement system allowed it to train and employ potentially lethal methods on defensess, handcuffed persons. The officers used these methods and killed George Floyd when they applied excessive and lethal force during his arrest, and there are strong indications his being a Black man was a factor in how he was treated.

The Erosion of Decency: Free Expression Has no Room For Inciting Discrimination or Hatred

May 10, 2019

On May 2 2019, conservative faith-based group Canadian Christian Lobby, the CCL, held a public talk entitled "The erosion of freedom: How transgender politics in school and society is undermining our freedom and harming women and children". This was the fourth in a series on Vancouver Island that also advertises dates in Metro Vancouver in may. […]