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Canada's C19 has the potential to criminalize misgendering: https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/features/canadas-gender-identity-rights-bill-c-16-explained https://w
by nate_meurer 5y ago
Canada's C19 has the potential to criminalize misgendering:
https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/features/canadas-gender-identity-rights-bill-c-16-explained https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/features/canadas-gender-identi...
And note that the pronouns subject to misgendering include the "personal pronouns" such as ze/zir that are now being pushed by trans rights activists:
https://www.mypronouns.org/how https://www.mypronouns.org/how
- justinjlynn 5y agoThe "potential"... the article you link refutes your claim: > In the Criminal Code, which does not reference pronouns, Cossman says misusing pronouns alone would not constitute a criminal act. https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/features/canadas-gender-identity-rights-bill-c-16-explained https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/features/canadas-gender-identi...
- nate_meurer 5y agoIf you're going to cherry-pick, at least recognize some of the other cherries: > If someone refused to use a preferred pronoun — and it was determined to constitute discrimination or harassment — could that potentially result in jail time? > It is possible, Brown says, through a process that would start with a complaint and progress to a proceeding before a human rights tribunal. Sure sounds like "potential" to me, no matter how unlikely its proponents claim that will be. And any talk of tribunals always makes my ears perk up, as it should anyone who values representative democracy.
- nate_meurer 5y agoI said C19, which is wrong. It's C-16.