On IWD, Let's Review Trump’s Latest Attacks Targeting Women's Equality
March 8, 2025
IWD Recap: in the last 48 hours US President Trump has gone after transgender women, trangender children, and women's access to reproductive care.
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The Erosion of Civil Rights in the U.S.: Can States Legally Remove Protections for Trans People?
March 7, 2025
On February 28 2025, AP News reported that Iowa became the first U.S. state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that opponents say will expose transgender people and other Iowans to discrimination in all aspects of daily life. When U.S. laws targeting people because […]
Defending Liveaboard Rights in British Columbia: Salt Spring Island
March 4, 2025
CASHI’s Push to Restrict Liveaboards The Clean and Safe Harbours Initiative (CASHI) is pressuring Salt Spring Island’s officials and the Islands Trust to impose restrictions on at-anchor liveaboard boaters in the waters surrounding the island. Armed with a slide deck rich with polling data responding to leading questions that imply some Salt Spring residents are […]
What stage of Genocide has the U.S. Reached As It Targets Trans People?
February 23, 2025
Genocide is violence that targets individuals because of their membership of a group and aims at the destruction of a group of people. Stages of genocide were outlined by Gregory H. Stanton, the founder of Genocide Watch, in his model of the 10 Stages of Genocide (originally 8 stages, the concept was later expanded to […]
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 […]
Fleeing America: How Some Are Choosing Life Abroad With Tourist Visas As Trump Attacks Vulnerable Communities
February 12, 2025
Facing persecution, more Americans are choosing life overseas. Could this be your way out? Here’s one way to make the move.
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, […]
Liveaboard Households: A Hidden Gem in BC's Housing Crisis?
February 5, 2025
British Columbia is in the throes of a housing crisis. Could making it easier for people to live on boats be part of the solution?
Innovative Living Options Canada Could Make Easier
January 23, 2025
This is episode one of a multi-piece review of alternative housing concepts for BC and Canadian households – centering eventually on suggesting suggesting liveaboard households among other innovative approaches to housing offers significant advantages in addressing the housing crisis in coastal British Columbia. Innovative Living Solutions: Adapting to Canada's Housing Affordability Crisis In recent years, […]
Crucial anniversary passes with zero action by Elections BC to sanction ABC Vancouver for taking $120,000 in prohibited contributions in 2022 election. It’s time for citizens to press this issue.
December 22, 2024
We are now at more than two years since the October 2022 municipal elections, a couple months before an expected early 2025 by-election for one or two Vancouver City Council seats, and 22 months before the next province-wide municipal elections in Oct 2026. Today also marks a special anniversary. On this day a year ago […]