Include Liveaboard Boaters in BC Housing Policy
June 19, 2025
Remarks to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services By Morgane Oger, MSM BASc 19 June 2025
Tag: #equality
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Will Israel Invest in Dignity and Equality? I Hope So
June 17, 2025
Israel’s deepening control over Gaza risks trapping both peoples in permanent conflict unless dignity, equality, and humanity are visibly centered.
Op-Ed: The "Fairness in Women’s and Girls’ Sports Act" – A Discriminatory Misnomer
May 4, 2024
An anti-Trans bill targeting Trans women and girls failed spectacularly in the BC Legislature in May 2024. Ironically called "Fairness in Women’s and Girls’ Sports Act", it was voted down 51-27 at first reading in the BC Legislature, a fate that’s a rarity in BC politics and quite the insult. The immediate rejection of the BC […]
How Alberta's new approach to transgender equality compares to British Columbia's
February 1, 2024
Alberta Premier Marlaina “Danielle” Smith announced a series of proposed policy changes targeting the treatment and recognition of transgender individuals, particularly minors. How do these compare to policy in BC, and will they withstand scrutiny and the courts?
Trans people need help addressing the movement targeting our equality
September 20, 2023
Gender identity or expression was finally added to Canada’s human rights law in 2017 after decades of legal battles and advocacy. We find ourselves once again facing a growing anti-trans campaign in Canada this week. It's time for everyone to please lend a hand…again. I am a transgender mom raising two teenagers in Vancouver while […]
Trans Rights in BC: Some Interesting Case Law That Mattered
July 19, 2021
Here are historic cases that upheld Transgender rights in BC and Canada. These rights matter because they encompass the fundamental human right to live authentically and without discrimination.
It's time that UNCSW follows Canada's example and recognize the diversity of sexuality and gender
March 13, 2021
The UN Commission on the Status of Women continues to ignore over 135 million Lesbian or Bisexual women and over 24 million transgender women and nonbinary persons with female sex characteristics. I call on the UN CSW recognizing the diversity of gender and sexuality at CSW65.
On International Women's Day I'd love to talk about Canada's equality system
March 8, 2021
Today is International Women's Day and there are so many things I'd like to talk about. I’d love to talk about how our equality system is framed in Canada. It's such a good system that benefits from a ground-up rewrite in the late 20th century. When I contrast it with what other countries have I […]
Check Out The Day Of Pink "Colour With Pride" Colouring books
May 16, 2020
When I was invited by the nice folks at Day Of Pink to be featured in the 3rd edition of their colouring book "Colouring With Pride" to mark International Day of Pink 2020 on 8 April 2020, I was thrilled. But then COVID-19 happened. it's finally out.
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.
Someone else's sex or gender identity takes nothing away from yours
February 25, 2019
We should accept everyone's declared sex and gender for two reasons. The ideal idea that anyone's biology is defined at conception is deeply flawed and in Canada's legal system the recognition of the sex or gender of others as different than at conception causes no negative consequence on anyone.
I agree with Kari Simpson
January 31, 2019
Despite her debilitating "condition", Supreme-Court-Certified-Bigot Kari Simpson still needs to pee.
Dear Daphna,
December 4, 2018
All that TERF rhetoric makes you think about how almost all crimes are committed by cisgender people. [a mediocre parody of hatred]
Stop making it worse for homeless students
October 19, 2018
This October 19, 2018 article is a reprint from an entry I wrote as part of my 2018 Vancouver School Board campaign, in which I received 27,900 votes Stigmatized youth, in particular LGBTQ2+ and indigenous youth, are over-represented in the 2018 Metro Vancouver Youth Homeless Count, published earlier this month. It represents a comprehensive snapshot […]
When Love Wins — Discover
September 7, 2018
Sahitya Poonacha reacts to the Supreme Court of India’s landmark decision to decriminalize gay sex: “Society still has a long way to go, but now with the court on love’s side, it gives the confidence to the people who are afraid.” via When Love Wins — Discover