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Parents Letter: "Anti-SOGI Disinformation Incites Hatred Against Our Kids"

May 29, 2019

Parents: "Jenn Smith has taken it upon himself…to organize public speaking events, where he goes from one community to the next, sharing his presentation to the public. The content of his presentation is misinformation, debunked pseudo-science, conspiracy theories, and a few of his own personal life experiences. Those of us who have LGBTQ2+ children and families consider his presentation dangerous because it incites hate, targeted at our kids and our families."

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There's always a second chance for reformed anti-trans activists

May 20, 2019

This is a message to the social conservative fringe of Canada. We all have the same rights, the same hopes, and the same fears. We are, in facts so much alike.

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IDAHOTIB: Addressing Online Hatred at Parliament.

May 18, 2019

Hate propaganda acts by creating anger or disgust towards a person or group because of their identity. It often specifically targets people over their gender identity or sexual orientation.

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BC Liberals need to jettison their social-conservative fringe and clean up

May 14, 2019

BC Liberals are discovering a problem with building their political movement's coalition around the demands of deeply social-conservative groups is that they can be intransigent and unrepresentative of the values the party really stands for. Count on them to make more messes.

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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. […]

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Oak Bay Anti-SOGI Event Illustrates Need For Booking-Policy Review

May 4, 2019

No matter who they are or what they believe, people who incite discrimination on prohibited grounds are inciting others to break the law. This be stopped from doing it in a rented space.

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Tweaks of Oversight and Inclusion Policies Needed at Corrections Services Canada

April 25, 2019

I made some recommendations to Corrections Services Canada about improving transparency on human rights grievances and about more supports for transgender inmates.

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Municipal institutions need to add an anti-discrimination clause to facility rental policies

April 25, 2019

On April 24 2019, I asked VSB Trustees that the Vancouver Public Library Library follow the example of the Toronto Public Library and reserve the right to deny or cancel a booking as follows when it reasonably believes use by any individual or group will be for a purpose that is likely to promote, or would have the effect of promoting discrimination, contempt or hatred for any group or person on the basis of prohibited grounds.

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Meghan Murphy you are misleading your audience

April 23, 2019

When you claim denying a publicly-available service for women to trans women is justified or even legal in Canada you are lying.

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Preying on children makes you a predator regardless of who you are

April 20, 2019

I have dreaded writing this article for the months I have considered it. My advisors recommend against it but I feel it is necessary. It is not with levity I use the word predator literally

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