Trans Rights Around the World
This link redirects to ILGA, which provides an interactive map of LGBT rights around the world.  Link

Passage of Toby's Act (Bill 33) an Historic Achievement for Ontario's Trans Community
June 13, 2012
The passage of Bill 33, named in honour of Toby Dancer, is an historic and long overdue advancement for trans human rights in Ontario  Full Text | PDF File

Egale Canada Hails Landmark Tribunal Ruling Recognizing Discrimination Against Trans Community
April 17, 2012
Surgery no longer required for change in sex designation on Ontario birth registrations.  Full Text | PDF File

Sex Inscription on the Canadian Passport - Egale Position Paper
January 31, 2012
Egale has undertaken an assessment of how best to accommodate and represent trans and gender diverse people in the Canadian passport, particularly in relation to the inscription of “sex”.   Full Text | PDF File

Open Letter to the CBC Regarding the Documentary "Transgender Kids"
January 27, 2012
Egale Canada’s Trans Committee, Board of Directors and Executive Staff write to express their shock and disappointment regarding CBC’s documentary “Transgender Kids”   Full Text | PDF File

12 Months, 221 Murders: Horrifying Numbers a Wake Up Call on Trans Day of Remembrance 2011
November 18, 2011
Transphobic violence and murder are global phenomena and will remain our horrifying reality unless governments and communities around the world organize and educate to eradicate transphobia.  Full Text

Coalition Denounces Homophobic and Transphobic Advertising
September 30, 2011
LGBTQ-serving organizations call on party leaders to denounce 'Institute for Canadian Values' campaign  Full Text

Fact Sheet on HIV and Trans Communities
August 19, 2011
The Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD) has just released a new fact sheet titled "HIV and Transgendered/Transsexual Communities".   Link

C-389 Moves on to the Senate: Call or Email your Senators Today
February 13, 2011
C-389 moved quickly through first reading in the Senate on Thursday, Feb. 10, and is now scheduled for second reading on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Call or Email your Senators Today!  Full Text

Egale Calls on Senate to Ensure Swift Passage of C-389 as MPs Take Stand Against Transphobia
February 9, 2011
MPs voted today to approve the inclusion of “gender identity” and “gender expression” as prohibited grounds of discrimination in the CHRA, and as relevant factors in hate crimes sentencing under the Criminal Code  Full Text

ACT NOW: Third reading next Monday, February 7, 2011, for Bill C-389, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression)
February 1, 2011
Egale has just received confirmation that Bill C-389, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression), will now be up for debate and third reading next Monday, February 7, 2011.   Full Text

Urgent Call to Action: Bill C-389 at Risk as Election Looms
January 25, 2011
With an election looming, we need your help to ensure that momentum on C-389 is not lost as Members and candidates turn their attention away from the halls of Parliament.  Full Text

Update on Bill C-389, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression)
December 14, 2010
Bill C-389 passed report stage on December 8 with 143 votes in favour and 131 against. As such, it will now move on for debate and third reading in late February or early March.  Full Text

Call to Action on Bill C-389: Trans Rights Bill
December 6, 2010
Egale asks all Canadians to stand in solidarity with trans communities throughout the country by sending your messages of support to MP Siksay and other members of the committee who voted in favour of Bill C-389.  Full Text

Open letter to Minister Toews
November 30, 2010
Egale Canada's open letter to Minister Toews regarding SRS funding for federal inmates.  Full Text

Trans Travel Tips for Thanksgiving Weekend
November 25, 2010
Be sure to check out Egale Canada's Trans Travel Tips and make sure you know your rights before travelling this Thanksgiving weekend.   Full Text | PDF File

Trans Day of Remembrance
November 19, 2010
On November 20th, people in more than 140 cities around the world will honour the memories of those trans individuals who have died as a result of violence and assault based on fear or hatred of gender openness and trans identities.  Full Text

Catholic School Board Rejects Trans Man Because of Gender
October 2, 2009
The Greater St. Albert Catholic School Board is being brought before the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal for firing Jan Buterman.   Full Text

OPEN LETTER TO ALBERTA MINISTER OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS
April 17, 2009
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Alberta Government Targets Transsexuals in Cuts to Health Care
April 9, 2009
Alberta Government announced that it will no longer fund Sex Reassignment Surgery  Full Text

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2008
November 18, 2008
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), on November 20th, 2008 will be the 10th annual commemorative of those who have lost their lives to hatred and prejudice. Although not every person represented during the Day f Remembrance self-identified...  Full Text

Egale Canada Observes the 9th Annual Commemoration of Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 20, 2007
Events will take place around the world to honour the memories of transgender people who were killed due to anti-trans hatred and violence.  Full Text | PDF File

Events for Transgender Day of Remembrance 2007
November 19, 2007
Events in Edmonton, London, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria  Full Text

Tribunal decision: A further sign on road to trans recognition
June 1, 2006
It may not be the most headline-grabbing victory - the right of transsexuals to chose the gender of the police officer strip-searching them - but any legal acknowledgement of trans people lays one more stone in the foundation towards full recognition.  Full Text

The Human Rights of Trans People: A COMMUNITY FORUM
January 26, 2006
We invite all interested people to come out, learn about our campaign, hear Barbara Hall, and tell us what you think. Friday, February 10, 7:30 pm, at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law  Full Text

The Human Rights of Trans People - Call for Stories
January 25, 2006
Egale has launched its Trans Protection Campaign. We have the legal, moral and political arguments we need to convince MPs to protect trans people. But we need to put a human face on this issue. That’s why we need your stories.  Full Text

Discrimination is discrimination: Court decision in B.C. a step back on trans rights
December 15, 2005
On December 7, three judges of the B.C. Court of Appeal gave their blessing to a clear case of discrimination. Shame on them and their faulty interpretation of the law.  Full Text

Court of Appeal Allows Exclusion of Trans Women
December 7, 2005
Three judges of the B.C. Court of Appeal today dismissed the appeal by Kimberly Nixon in the case of Nixon v. Vancouver Rape Relief Society. Ms. Nixon had been excluded from volunteering as a peer counselor at a women’s rape crisis centre...  Full Text

‘TDOR’ honours those killed by intolerance
November 18, 2005
Egale Canada commemorates the November 20th Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR) by bringing attention to the many transgender victims of violence fuelled by prejudice, hatred and intolerance. This is the third year in a row that Canada’s largest...  Full Text

Events for Trans Day of Remembrance, 2005
November 15, 2005
Events in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, St. Catharines, Toronto, Ottawa, and Halifax.  Full Text

Tribunal Issues Interim Ruling in SRS Case
November 11, 2005
The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that Ontario must pay for sex reassignment surgery (SRS) for 3 of the 4 complainants in the Hogan case. The Tribunal found that the government should not have denied funding for those already enrolled in the...  Full Text

Egale Applauds Conviction of Trans Teen Killers
September 16, 2005
On September 13, 2005, two of the three men accused of killing Gwen Araujo were convicted of second degree murder. Gwen was a 17-year-old trans teenager who was brutally murdered in 2002. She was beaten severely - using fists, canned goods and a metal...  Full Text

Petitions
August 3, 2005
You can help collect signatures for Egale petitions by printing the PDF version, and returning the form to Egale.  Full Text | In French

Egale Canada Supports Bill to Recognize Human Rights of Trans People
May 17, 2005
Egale Canada announced today it supports the introduction of a bill to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to include “gender identity” and “gender expression” as protected grounds of discrimination. Private members bill C-392...  Full Text | In French

Transgender Warrior Leslie Feinberg to Speak in Edmonton for Trans Awareness Week
May 6, 2005
Transgender Warrior Leslie Feinberg is a celebrity in the activist, feminist and transgender alliances. S/he is a pioneer in uniting the lesbian, gay and trans communities and in disintegrating all barriers between the genders.  Full Text | PDF File

Government Offers Little Defense for Cutting Funding for Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) at Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Hearing
April 20, 2005
Lawyers, lobby groups, unions, and transsexual and transgender people gathered today at Queen’s Park to urge the Liberal Government to restore funding for SRS. On October 1, 1998 the Provincial government removed funding for Sex Reassignment...  Full Text

Government Offers Little Defense for Cutting Funding for Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) at Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Hearing
April 19, 2005
On October 1, 1998 the Provincial government removed funding for Sex Reassignment Surgery without consultation with medical professionals or the transsexual community. On Tuesday, April 19, 2005 an Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Hearing concluded its...  Full Text

Background on Nixon v Vancouver Rape Relief
April 4, 2005
Egale Canada has intervened in Nixon v. Vancouver Rape Relief (VRR), the first case involving a human rights complaint by a trans-identified person to go before provincial court of appeal. The case will be heard in April 2005 and a decision will...  Full Text

Contract Job Posting: Trans Symposium Coordinator
April 4, 2005
Egale Canada, through a grant obtained from Canadian Heritage-Multiculturalism, is seeking an energetic, self-motivated candidate with community organizing experience to coordinate a series of community events focused on “Reducing Barriers...  Full Text

Transsexual Woman Harassed Into Quitting
April 1, 2005
Lesley Morgan is a 48-year-old resident of Windsor, Ontario who resigned last week from her job at the Siemens VDO plant after what she describes as a “hate war” waged against her by an anonymous fellow worker.  Full Text

“TDOR” honours those killed by intolerance
November 19, 2004
Egale Canada commemorates the November 20th Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR) by bringing attention to the many transgender victims of violence fuelled by prejudice, hatred and intolerance. This is the second year in a row that this event is highlighted...  Full Text | In French

Trans Day of Remembrance 2004
November 16, 2004
The Trans Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender or anti-transsexual hatred or prejudice. Events are held internationally in November to honour transgender and transsexual people who have died...  Full Text

Egale and Supporters Rally Behind Cynthia Coussens
November 6, 2004
Supporters are appalled and dismayed by the inhumaine treatment of Cynthia Coussens by hospital staff. What happened? Cynthia Coussens entered the Centre Hospitalier des Vallées de l’Outaouais in Gatineau (Hull) on October 19 with...  Full Text

Rally on Saturday Morning
November 5, 2004
On October 19, Cynthia Coussens went to a local hospital, the Centre Hospitalier des Vallées de l’Outaouais in Gatineau (Hull), for a serious condition. After some preliminary treatment and after having informed them...  Full Text | In French

Celebrate Intersex Awareness Day: October 26, 2004
October 25, 2004
Egale is pleased to support Intersex Awareness Day, an international day of grass-roots action to end shame, secrecy and unwanted genital cosmetic surgeries on intersex children. The date coincides with the the first public intersex demonstration on...  Full Text

Sex Reassignment Surgery: A Medical Necessity
October 1, 2004
Across Canada, Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) is covered by provincial health plans in Newfoundland, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C. It was covered in Ontario until funding was removed by the Harris government on October 1, 1998. Two...  Full Text

Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) Backgrounder
October 1, 2004
Throughout history transsexual and transgender persons have existed within societies that have adapted to sexual variation by creating social spaces where they work and live in their desired gender role. Colonisation resulted in the elimination of...  Full Text

Ontario Isolated and Alone in Refusing to Fund Sex Reassignment Surgery
October 1, 2004
Across Canada, Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) is covered by provincial health plans in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Quebec and on a case-by-case basis in most Atlantic provinces. It had been covered in Ontario since 1969 until funding...  Full Text

Health Care for Transsexuals Denied
September 30, 2004
On October 1, 1998 the Provincial government removed funding for Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) without consultation with medical professionals or the transsexual community. Friday will be the sixth anniversary of the removal of funding for this...  Full Text

Transsexual Former Police Officer Victim of Discrimination
July 16, 2004
Canada’s national advocacy group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-identified people expressed anger and indignation today upon learning of the case of a transsexual former Toronto police officer, Bonnie Henderson. Upon revealing to her...  Full Text

Egale Saddened by Ontario Decision to Kill Funding for Sex Reassignment Surgery
May 28, 2004
It has been widely reported that senior Ontario government officials stated the province will not go ahead and reinstate funding for sex reassignment surgery for transsexual people, but will instead wait for the results of a hearing before the Ontario...  Full Text

Trans Awareness Week to Celebrate and Educate
May 3, 2004
Trans Awareness Week—Canada intends to inspire, inform, educate society about the challenges we face, and celebrate the lives of transsexual and transgender people across Canada.  Full Text

Statement of Support
April 26, 2004
On Monday, April 26, the Transition Support Group of the 519 Community Centre is holding a rally. Egale wishes to express its support. Egale believes that SRS is essential for the well-being of many trans-identified people. This procedure had been...  Full Text | In French

Trans Legislative Needs Assessment
April 7, 2004
This research project was an exploration of the violence, discrimination and harassment trans people in the Ottawa area face as a result of their gender identity and gender expression. The goal of this project was to identify and articulate needed...  Full Text

Trans Programmes at the 519 (Toronto)
April 4, 2004
A multi service programme that is primarily for lower income and/or street active transsexuals and transgendered people (TS/TG)   Link

Transgender health program (Vancouver)
April 4, 2004
Program launched to bring together transgender people and loved ones, health care providers, health planners, and researchers to work on improving transgender health services in BC. Services are free, anonymous, and confidential.   Link

Remembering Our Dead
March 28, 2004
Main website for Trans Day of Remembrance. Memorials and information about trans-identified people no longer with us.  Link

Yahoo group in support of Kimberly Nixon
March 28, 2004
Activists organizing in support of Kimberly Nixon, an MtF transsexual woman, who is fighting against the Vancouver Rape Relief centre who excluded her as a volunteer.  Link

Trans(Sexual) Day of Pride in Montreal
March 18, 2004
Celebrate being TS and proud. Presented by Canadian Transexuals Fight for Rights. March 20, 2004.  Full Text | In French

Trans Day of Remembrance
November 20, 2003
Trans Day of Remembrance commemorates those who have died as a result of violent attacks caused by fear and hatred of transgendered and transsexual persons (“transphobia”). Trans Day of Remembrance began in 1999 in San Francisco....  Full Text | In French

De-listing of Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) an Injury to Public Health
September 26, 2003
An important Human Rights hearing was held this week to determine whether or not the Ontario government has violated the Ontario Human Rights Code by de-listing sex re-assignment surgery for transsexual persons in the Province.  Full Text

Egale Supports Kimberly Nixon
August 25, 2003
Last week, the B.C. Supreme Court began its one-week hearing of the appeal by the Vancouver Rape Relief Society against a decision of the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal in favour of Kimberly Nixon, a transgendered woman. Kimberly is represented by lawyer...  Full Text | In French

Northwest Territories Makes History
October 31, 2002
The Northwest Territories organisation OutNorth and Egale Canada celebrated today the landmark passage of Bill 1, the NWT Human Rights Act. Both OutNorth and Egale Canada are organisations which advance equality and justice for...  Full Text

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Affirmed at World Conference Against Racism
September 4, 2001
Durban, South Africa—As the NGO Forum preceding the World Conference Against Racism drew to a close, delegates from EGALE celebrated progressive statements incorporated in to the NGO Declaration and Program of Action.  Full Text | In French

Written Submissions to the British Columbia Human Rights Commission
September 29, 1997
EGALE applauds the initiative taken by the B.C. Human Rights Commission to improve the application of the B.C. Human Rights Code in a number of areas. We are pleased to provide substantive comments on a number of particular issues raised by the...  Full Text

The Transsexual War
An account of the split that divides some transsexuals and transgendered people by Roberta Angela Dee  Link

TRANS Canada - Transgender Resource Advocacy and News Service
To provide a forum for the collection and dissemination of information regarding the issues which affect our community; act as a clearinghouse for news and resources.  Link