Resolve DRIPA, Don't Repeal It
June 4, 2026
British Columbia needs clarity on title, property rights, consent, jurisdiction, land use, and the public interest. Repealing DRIPA would deepen the uncertainty we inherited.
Tag: #human rights
97 posts
Canada Must Recognize the Growing Risk Facing Transgender Youth in the United States
May 17, 2026
The expansion of anti-trans policies in the United States creates growing risks of forced detransition, conversion-oriented treatment, and coercive institutional placement for transgender youth.
Wes Steeting, don't lie to justify transphobic UK Labour Government policy
April 6, 2026
Wes Streeting your recent article pinkwashing the harm the UK government causes trans youth was an unseemly farce. Except that transphobic oppression on TERF Island is just is not funny.
CTA v. Neufeld (No. 10), 2026 BCHRT 49: Speech, Power, and the Boundaries of Public Debate
February 22, 2026
For five years, school trustee Barry Neufeld used social media and public meetings to hammer away at LGBTQ-inclusive education, calling it propaganda and equating gender identity with abuse. What he framed as policy debate became a campaign that the Tribunal found poisoned the workplace for LGBTQ teachers and crossed into unlawful discrimination.
Trans Inclusion in Canadian Gendered Spaces: Law, Evidence, and the Limits of Discomfort
January 12, 2026
The recurring trans washroom moral panic isn’t about safety. it’s about fear and politics.
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.
Hatred Is A Dangerous Political Tool
September 20, 2025
More than a million Canadian families include transgender loved ones. So why are Canadian conservatives such as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and OneBC’s chief of staff and leader pushing anti-trans rhetoric? Imported fear campaigns endanger rights and care. They put us all at risk.
CBSA, Should Canada Kick JK Rowling Out?
August 5, 2025
Should JK Rowling be admissible in Canada? I worry she's here to cause trouble.
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.
Canada Must Act on Stochastic Terrorism Before More Are Killed
May 22, 2025
The D.C. murder of two Israeli Embassy staff shows how stochastic terrorism leverages online hate to cause real-world violence. Canada must revive the Online Harms Act to address this growing threat.
Trump Wanting to Suspend Habeas Corpus Matters – A Lot
May 10, 2025
Since 1679 Habeas Corpus protects against unlawful detention. Suspending it risks authoritarian rule.
U.S. HHS Report on Pediatric Gender Dysphoria Pushing Conversion Therapy
May 5, 2025
The U.S. promotes coercive ‘gender exploratory therapy'. Luckily Canada is a refuge where conversion therapy is a crime.
Clarifying UK Access To Single Sex Spaces After The April 2025 Supreme Court For Women Scotland Ruling
April 26, 2025
UK ruling narrows “sex” definition, risking trans rights. Yet human rights law demands inclusion, not exclusion. read how this matters…
Yom HaShoah, Anti-Zionism, and Canada’s Reckoning with Hate
April 24, 2025
As organizers and activists speaking out about injustice, we can not afford to forget what the seeds of genocide are. Because never again means never again for everyone.
Recycled Bias: Bioessentialism's Backlash Now Targets Transgender Inclusion
April 23, 2025
By Morgane Oger | April 2025 Across the globe, an old lie is resurfacing: that inclusion threatens society. This fear feeds "replacement theory"—the baseless notion that elevating marginalized people harms the majority. It frames progress as a zero-sum loss for culture and identity. The far-right fuels fears trying to win votes using this narrative to […]
The UK Supreme Court's Ruling on Biological Sex: A Step Backward
April 18, 2025
the April 2025 UK Supreme Court Decision Defining Women Exclusively Through Biology Is Refressive And Dangerous. Read why…
Risk of Arbitrary Detention: Should You Reconsider Travel to the US?
March 20, 2025
As law-abiding Canadian, UK, Indian, and German citizens are being arbitrarily detained and mistreated on Republican President Trump Executive Orders, is it dangerous to be a foreigner in the U.S. today?
Upholding Professional Standards: The BCCNM Ruling on Amy Hamm and the Legacy of Oger v. Whatcott
March 14, 2025
The British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) Discipline Committee recently ruled that Amy Hamm engaged in unprofessional conduct by making discriminatory and derogatory statements about transgender individuals while identifying herself as a nurse. This decision is a critical affirmation that healthcare professionals must provide care without bias and uphold the ethical standards of […]
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.
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 […]
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, […]
Never Negotiate With Hate
December 3, 2024
Based on a true story… A mob descends on a school, outraged a district anti-bullying coordinator is reading a kids book in the classroom. The mob targets the teacher’s identity, religion, or even their message of inclusion and demands their removal "to protect children" from the social contagion the teacher represents to them. The school […]
Transgender Day of Remembrance.
November 20, 2024
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), is marked every 20 November. exists to honor the memory of transgender and gender-diverse individuals who have lost their lives due to anti-transgender violence. It is a day to mourn those who were killed, recognize the systemic issues that lead to such violence, and raise awareness about the discrimination, stigma, […]
L'éducation à la sexualité à l'école : un droit pour les enfants, un devoir pour l'État
November 14, 2024
L'éducation à la sexualité, un droit fondamental pour les enfants et un devoir de l'État envers eux.
Atira Resignation Letter
August 27, 2024
August 27, 2024 Dear Members of the Community, I am saddened to share that I have decided to resign from the Board of Directors of Atira Women’s Resource Society. Atira provides 3,000 units of low-barrier housing for women and their children fleeing violence. I was proud to contribute to its governance during a challenging time […]
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?
Enhancing the Lives of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Canadians: A Call to Action For More Governmental Support
January 2, 2024
In recent years, Canada has made significant strides in recognizing and supporting the rights of transgender and gender-diverse individuals. However, there is still much work to be done before Trans people are able to live their lives free of oppression and bias's harms. To further this cause, it's essential for governmental bodies at all levels—municipal, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Self Defense in Canada
September 11, 2023
For LGBT and other marginalized groups, understanding the rules of self-defense in Canada can be vital. That's why I looked into it.
Getting to safety in Canada when LGBT+
August 5, 2022
There are many who face persecution or violence because of their gender identity or expression, or due to their sexual orientation. Here are four legal ways people can get to safety in Canada.
Requiring Vaccination At Work Takes Nobody's Rights Away
February 1, 2022
Instead of making things even worse and giving hatred room to express itself, protesting Canadian truckers should have helped their unvaccinated colleagues find solutions when the US closed its doors to them.
Open Letter to UBC Leadership
November 18, 2021
On the eve of Trans Day of Remembrance, I asked UBC leadership to meet with me for a conversation on whether their policy on platforming hate propaganda has changed since they held space for transphobia in 2018. #TDOR
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.
Assertions minus evidence equals bias
June 29, 2021
Socially-conservative fear-based campaigns endlessly target 2SLGBT people through moral panics based on lies about children and predators.
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 […]
Happy Coming Out Day
October 12, 2020
Today is Coming Out Day. On this day some of those of us who came out as who we are today and have the privilege of being able to speak about it publicly do so. I started telling people I might be transgender in 2011 after years of secrecy and shame over who I was. […]
Why I Celebrate Labour Day
September 7, 2020
Canada's labour movement trains up future activists to continue the hard work that their elders have started to make Canada more just for us all. Labour has consistently shown up at our side in the advocacy work we've done. They can be counted on to stand up for individual workers and the oppressed in the face of unfairness. Each win they help bring ensures all our children, their children have better lives. On Labour Day, I celebrate this.
Chatting with IntraVenus – on SFU Radio CJSF 90.1
August 6, 2020
Threats from men with guns: Morgane Oger speaks to IntraVenus about running for public office and the consequences it brought, her foray into acting, and how she sees legislation going to protect us all from hatred in Canada – on CJSF 90.1 Simon Fraser University
Temporary Shelter in Parks – Parks Board speaking notes
July 15, 2020
Without safe, governed spaces with basic services in which campers can stay for extended periods of time, without ensuring the safety of everyone in or near our parks, and without addressing dangerous behaviour, the proposed Vancouver Parks Board bylaws intended to govern temporary shelters offers little that is new that we can believe Parks Board staff are in a position to enforce and imposes undue hardship on those whose conduct they are being deployed to address.
Is that cis white female pedestal actually a cage?
June 15, 2020
Do you really propose a purity test for qualifying as woman enough, or middle class enough, or white enough, or safe enough?
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.
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.
Vancouver Leads The Way: Public Funds Should Never Teach and Reinforce Transphobia.
February 26, 2020
I am mindful Vancouver City Council members must be facing quite a bit of push-back from Vancouver Rape Relief (VRR) and their supporters as a result of today's finance committee vote on the staff recommendation to cancel funding of their outreach and education program. On February 26, the City of Vancouver's Standing Committee on City […]
Vancouver Rape Relief failure to meet Vancouver criteria for program funding shows pressing need to update approach
February 20, 2020
In 2019, the City renewed their funding with the warning that the organization's practices did not comply with eligibility criteria for program funding by the City of Vancouver. The city informed Vancouver Rape Relief that unless the organization took measures to meet the city's inclusion criteria for funding, 2020 funding would be denied. Next week, […]
Canadian Libraries And Universities Abdicating From Discrimination Responsibilities Enable It
October 31, 2019
On September 29, 2019, Self-identified feminist journalist Meghan Murphy gave a talk about her feelings regarding transgender women and feminism. It drew strong criticism across Canada and head-scratching abroad. Murphy's thesis is that transgender women are men because being transgender is "in fact" an impossibility and that transgender people put cisgender people at risk, with […]
Disinformation online causes hatred on the ground
October 3, 2019
"Your all spare parts and when the PPC gets in you retards won’t have jobs and that would be of great benifit to the real Canadians." – Steve
Dear George, please check your sources.
August 19, 2019
Sometimes, you just have to answer a reader comment.
I have a Question For Justin Trudeau About the Blood Ban
August 11, 2019
The federal ban barring monogamous gay men and transgender women from giving desperately-needed blood when others engaged in the same activities freely donate blood is a galling example of what could have been, but for Justin Trudeau and Hedy Fry's lacking the will to do the right thing.
Is Canada Contributing To The UK Anti-Trans Violence?
June 27, 2019
Is Canada's unregulated online hate propaganda targeting transgender people contributing to the 81% rise in crimes targeting transgender people in the UK? Equal rights charity Stonewall estimated that two in five trans people had experienced a hate crime or incident in the past year.
Course: governance 101. Grade: F. UBC has much to learn about following its own rules.
June 21, 2019
In recent months UBC asked to feature me as a success story for their engineering program. I am troubled by their conduct regarding anti-trandgender hatred on campus and I can not let UBC use my name as long as it cultivates hatred against marginalized communities or helps others do so.
The Pulse massacre anniversary reminds us hatred is a social disease we must address
June 12, 2019
On June 12 2016, Orlando's Pulse Nightclub was the scene of a massacre targeting the LGBTQ community. We must stand together to fight off the cultivation of hateful impuses before they become murderous action.
Research shows less than 5% who medically transition detransition, not 80%
June 9, 2019
A 2006 study on transgender people showed that less than 1% of transgender people regret their decision and detransition. Another, more recent longitudinal study spanning 50 years from the 1960s to its recent publishing date found a 2.2% de-transition rate. ..so why the consistent messaging in politics and social media that over 80% of kids […]
CHRC endorses Inquiry call for justice over indigenous genocide
June 3, 2019
Canada’s indigenous women and girls are “under siege,” and their deaths and disappearances amount to “a race-based genocide.": June 2019 MMIWG report
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."
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.
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.
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. […]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
It's the hatred and the harassment, stupid
April 17, 2019
It's not the name calling that gets anti-transgender activists in trouble, it's the harassment. It's the incitement of hatred. It's the acts of prohibited discrimination.
My voice
April 10, 2019
During the BC Human Rights Tribunal hearing, I gave hours of testimony under oath including 4 1/2 hours under cross-examination. These are the excerpts from the ruling. This is my voice.
Press Coverage: Oger v Whatcott Human Rights Decision
April 6, 2019
A handy email from R. Franklin Carter compiled a list of coverage of the Oger BC Human Rights Tribunal decision finding Bill Whatcott guilty of violating section 7 of the BC Human Rights Code. R. Franklin Carter is Editor and Researcher of the Freedom of Expression Committee of the Book and Periodical Council, in Toronto, […]
Transgender rights repeatedly stand in Canadian decisions
April 2, 2019
Anti-transgender propaganda a modern version of a ‘whites only’ sign
The significance of the Oger v Whatcott ruling
March 29, 2019
I recorded a video expressing my thoughts about the groundbreaking BC Human Rights Tribunal ruling that finally sets clear limits to our charter rights when it comes to hate propaganda against transgender persons.
We won: Bill Whatcott found to have violated section 7 of BC Human Rights Code
March 27, 2019
BC tribunal rules that publishing flyers indicating an intention to discriminate on the basis of gender identity and likely to expose an individual and other transgender persons to hatred or contempt violates human rights law.
Audio: Vancouver Rape Relief to be excluded for future contracts until it meets City of Vancouver eligibility criteria on inclusion
March 15, 2019
On March 13, 2019 the Vancouver City Finance and Programs Committee heard from speakers in favour of and opposed to a grant request by Vancouver Rape Relief. This is the audio of the speakers presentations. The city renewed the grant but listed the organization as ineligible for future funding.
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.
Creatures From The Extreme-Right Lagoon
February 21, 2019
New-christian-white-supremacist-entity-on-the-block Resurrection Europa has Very Deep Concerns Indeed about anyone who they do not recognize as cisgender, heterosexual, Caucasian, and Christian.
No Trans advocate: Transgender people who spread anti-Trans propaganda
February 9, 2019
Even if Transgender themselves, a person who oppresses Trans people should not in my eyes be called a trans activist but a TERF or anti-trans activist.
I was at a Meghan Murphy / Lee Lakeman event at my public library
January 12, 2019
I was there, and I hold the Vancouver Public Library and the City of Vancouver responsible for knowingly taking part in Feminist Current and Meghan Murphy publishing hatred to the internet from their facilities.
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]
Episode 3.6 Dismantling the Patriarchy Has to be a Vocal Game with Clayre Sessoms
November 9, 2018
Originally posted on Secret Feminist Agenda: Content warning for discussions of sexual assault and transphobia. Like so many good things, this episode started one way and ended up another. I invited Clayre to chat about singing, and we ended up talking about community and harm and silence and what we do (or don't do) to feel…
Human Rights in Doc form
October 30, 2018
People are asking me about the advocacy that led to being honoured with the being awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by the Governor General in the name of the Queen and all Canadians. These two short docs by award-winning filmmaker Christine Lord tell the story of the events between 2014 and 2016 that led to […]
Proportional representation will flush out the extremists
October 27, 2018
People are asking me why I am so adamantly in support of proportional representation. Chilliwack MLA Laurie Throness was elected thanks to his anti-LGBT+ support, and kept human rights at bay for years because of the current system.
Sex designation: The US explores the wrong path
October 23, 2018
While BC was focusing on our October 20 local elections, the news broke in the US that the Trump administration is seeking to define transgender people out of existence by defining sex as binary and immutable. This is not a good thing. In fact, it is deeply troubling. A recent New York Times article describes the contents […]
Teach hatred a lesson in irony…
October 10, 2018
A man has been wandering the streets of Vancouver since 6 October distributing flyers. There's no place for what he is writing and no excuse for him to be putting such homophobic and transphobic rants to paper and imposing them on innocent victims. First, I'd like to start by taking a moment to thank everybody […]
BOF: Anti-SOGI and Anti-Choice coelacanths converge
September 29, 2018
Birds of a feather are meeting up in Victoria rallies this weekend to oppose women having a right to access abortion and to force LGBTQ2+ kids back into the closet. If it was another month, I would be in Victoria addressing this hot mess from the 1950s that has no place in our inclusive and […]
Morgane Oger running for Vancouver Board of Education Trustee
September 14, 2018
For immediate release September 14th, 2018 Morgane Oger running for Vancouver Board of Education Trustee http://votemorganeoger.ca Education and human rights advocate Morgane Oger submitted her Nomination papers for Trustee in the 2018 Vancouver School Board election. “Vancouver parents have been asking me to step forward as an independent candidate in this election for some time,” […]
Like The UN, Jesus Would Have Called Conversion Therapy A Hateful Act of Torture. So should our Churches.
September 11, 2018
I was "disappointed" to come across a position today by Glenn Schaeffer of the Lutheran Church of Canada in support of conversion therapy, sometimes called reparative therapy. This is the practice of trying to change the sexuality or gender identity of people. In a recent CBC article, I learned that the Lutheran Church of Canada […]
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
A diversity flag for faith could address supremacists
August 29, 2018
Inclusion is for everyone – except those who oppress others. If faith needs its own pride flag, let's ask for design ideas from people of faith that have not oppressed others.
Time for Barry Neufeld to go.
January 19, 2018
The Chilliwack School Board has officially asked Barry Neufeld to resign, finally. The trustees voted to act in-camera under mounting pressure after Neufeld initiated a bully campaign against President of the District Parent Advisory Council of Chilliwack Justine Hodge that resulted in the parent volunteer to be bombarded by hateful and threatening messages from […]
Don't trick the customer
December 17, 2017
Ken Zucker's Gender Identity Clinic was found to be out of step with modern practices, to listen too much to the desires of the parents over the needs of the child, to be inconsistent in the treatments of clients, to use criteria that raised alarm with the investigators, and to not seek the required consent of clients it used in its research. It was closed.
The Massacre at l'Ecole Politechnique de Montréal and Supremacy's Lingering Poison
December 7, 2017
We were sitting at a large drafting table in the naval architecture lab in the Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering building at UBC when someone came in and said it had happened. My own initial emotion was of incredulous shock. It took some time for the horrible reality of what had happened to trickle in: […]
My question to the Chilliwack Board of Education
November 29, 2017
Tonight I was at the Chilliwack Board of Education's trustee meeting to ask a question seeking clarification about the individual personal commitment of each trustee to uphold the law of British Columbia. I came to Chilliwack and asked this question because in BC the curriculum is decided by the teachers and the Ministry of Education […]
Things I'd love to see in a reinstated BC Human Rights Commission
November 25, 2017
The only province without one since the BC Liberal Government disbanded it in 2002, BC is preparing to re-instate its Human Rights Commission. Here is what Morgane Oger, a BC human rights activist, would like to see.
Peterson's Petulance Problem
November 13, 2017
Jordan Peterson is burdened by the impossible oppression of actually having a job. It turns out that this is a cautionary tale. When his employer requested that he address all students in class with the requisite courtesy customary of students, even if some prefer the singular they, Peterson took profound exception and flipped a proverbial […]