Top Court says Sex Clubs Legal - Morality of some should not be imposed on others
21 décembre, 2005
Today the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in the cases of R. v. Labaye and R. v. Kouri that the provision of the Criminal Code prohibiting the operation of a "common bawdy-house" was not violated  En anglais

Harper s’engage à ne pas utiliser la clause dérogatoire pour redéfinir le mariage
16 décembre, 2005
Lors du débat des chefs en français hier soir, Stephen Harper s’est engagé à ne pas utiliser la clause dérogatoire pour retirer aux couples de même sexe les droits à...  Texte intégral | En anglais

Law Professors Say Re-Opening Marriage Issue Now Pointless
16 décembre, 2005
Constitutional experts reiterate that for Parliament to follow Stephen Harper’s plan to eliminate the right of same sex couples to marry would require the use the Charter’s notwithstanding clause. Now that Mr. Harper has ruled out...  En anglais

Court of Appeal Allows Exclusion of Trans Women
7 décembre, 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...  En anglais

South Africa’s Highest Court Orders Equal Marriage
1 décembre, 2005
Today a nine-judge panel of the Constitutional Court of South Africa ruled that excluding same-sex couples from civil marriage is unconstitutional and that the definition of marriage in South Africa must be changed to include same-sex couples. The...  En anglais

Harper wants to Re-Open marriage debate
29 novembre, 2005
On this first day of the election campaign, Stephen Harper told reporters that he intends to re-open the issue of equal marriage for same-sex couples. He said that if elected Prime Minister he will introduce legislation to exclude same-sex couples from...  En anglais

Tribunal Issues Interim Ruling in SRS Case
11 novembre, 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...  En anglais

Egale opposes Boissoin’s fight against safe schools
29 octobre, 2005
Egale opposes Pastor Stephen Boissoin, former Executive Director of Concerned Christians Canada Inc., in leading what he describes as a “war” against making schools safe for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-identified (LGBT)...  En anglais

Final victory for bullied student sends message to schools across Canada
26 octobre, 2005
Yesterday the Supreme Court of Canada refused leave to appeal to the North Vancouver School Board in the human rights complaint brought by Azmi Jubran. That means the decision of the B.C. Court of Appeal siding with the harassed youth is final and...  En anglais

Egale mourns loss of George Hislop
11 octobre, 2005
George Hislop passed away at approximately 6 pm on Saturday, October 8, 2005, in Toronto. He was 78. George was a pioneer of the LGBT rights movement, and we at Egale salute him. He cleared the path that we follow today, a path that would have been...  En anglais

Censorship rears its ugly head again in Surrey, B.C.
23 septembre, 2005
This week the Surrey School Board cancelled a planned performance at Elgin Park Secondary School of The Laramie Project, a play about the 1998 hate motivated killing of Matthew Sheppard, a 21-year-old university student in Wyoming.  En anglais

Egale supports Celebrate Bisexuality Day on September 23rd
22 septembre, 2005
Egale Canada is pleased to announce that this Friday September 23rd is Celebrate Bisexuality Day. Held on the same date each year, Celebrate Bisexuality Day puts bisexuality on the map with its call to promote bi visibility and its invitation to...  En anglais

Egale Applauds Conviction of Trans Teen Killers
16 septembre, 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...  En anglais

Governor Schwarzenegger has “girlie-man” approach to equality says Canada’s leading LGBT advocacy group
8 septembre, 2005
Egale Canada, the country’s leading advocacy group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-identified (LGBT) people, is expressing high criticism of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s decision to veto equal marriage...  En anglais

Positive change at Thunder Bay school board
8 septembre, 2005
Gabriel Picard successfully settled his human rights complaint against the Lakehead District School Board after the Board agreed to take measures to make its schools safer for LGBT students, a move heralded by the Ontario Human Rights Commission and...  En anglais

Egale Statement regarding Recent Iran Executions
17 août, 2005
In Iran, two youths, Mahmoud Asgari (age eighteen) and Ayaz Marhoni (age nineteen), were put to death on July 19 after they were found guilty of sexually assaulting a thirteen-year-old boy some fourteen months earlier. One of the youths was seventeen...  En anglais

On International Youth Day, Egale launches Safe Schools Campaign
11 août, 2005
This Friday, August 12 is the United Nation’s International Youth Day. Egale Canada has chosen International Youth Day to officially launch its safe schools petition campaign (see petition below). Egale has circulated the petitions across the...  En anglais

Le droit égal au mariage franchit le dernier obstacle
20 juillet, 2005
À 23 h 25 mardi soir, le Sénat a adopté le projet de loi sur le droit égal au mariage par une forte majorité de 47 à 21. Il y a eu 3 abstentions. Quelle soirée!...  Texte intégral | En anglais

La Chambre des communes adopte le projet de loi sur le droit égal au mariage pas une marge décisive
28 juin, 2005
Tout juste avant le congé de la Fête du Canada, la Chambre des communes a voté pour confirmer le droit à l’égalité du mariage pour les couples de même sexe au Canada,...  Texte intégral | En anglais

Égale demande à la population canadienne de dénoncer l’homophobie
1 juin, 2005
Égale Canada marquera la troisième Journée nationale de lutte contre l’homophobie en demandant aux villes et aux municipalités canadiennes de reconnaître officiellement l’événement....  Texte intégral | En anglais

Égale Canada appuie le projet de loi visant à reconnaître les droits des personnes trans
17 mai, 2005
Égale Canada a annoncé aujourd’hui qu’il appuie le dépôt d’un projet de loi visant à modifier la Loi canadienne sur les droits de la personne en vue d’y ajouter...  Texte intégral | En anglais

B.C. Court of Appeal Supports Bullied Student
21 avril, 2005
Earlier this month, B.C.’s Court of Appeal sided with a harassed youth in ruling that school boards have a duty to make significant efforts to provide students with a “discrimination-free school environment.” The decision...  En anglais

Government Offers Little Defense for Cutting Funding for Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) at Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Hearing
20 avril, 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...  En anglais

Government Offers Little Defense for Cutting Funding for Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) at Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Hearing
19 avril, 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...  En anglais

L’Égalité doit être au cour du débat national
14 avril, 2005
À l’occasion du 20e anniversaire de l’article 15 de la Charte, des groupes qui travaillent en faveur de l’égalité exhortent les leaders politiques et les juges à réitérer leur engagement en...  Texte intégral | En anglais

Transsexual Woman Harassed Into Quitting
1 avril, 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.  En anglais

International Women’s Day Marks Women’s Achievements and Their Participation in Society
8 mars, 2005
Egale Canada salutes the achievements of women in Canada on International Women’s Day but calls attention to the distance yet to go before all women are accepted in Canada and recognized in law.  En anglais

Egale Canada Calls for Inquiry into Crown Handling of Webster Case
10 février, 2005
As an act of solidarity with the Vancouver lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) community following Tuesday’s release of the sentencing decision in the manslaughter trial of one of Aaron Webster’s killers, Egale is calling for an inquiry...  En anglais

Last-ditch Attempt to Stop Marriage Equality
19 janvier, 2005
Opponents of equality for lesbian and gay people are making a desperate last-ditch attempt to stop equality. When Parliament resumes in a few weeks, they know they face their last chance to roll back the clock on equal marriage. They know the vote in...  En anglais

Avis d’Assemblée générale annuelle (A. G. A.)
18 janvier, 2005
Cette année, l’Assemblée générale annuelle (A. G. A.) aura lieu à 17h00, le samedi 19 mars 2005, au centre GLHS, situé au 203-220 3rd Ave S, à Saskatoon, en...  Texte intégral | En anglais

Les commentaires d’un membre du clergé de Calgary révèlent un but plus large
15 janvier, 2005
L’Évêque Fred Henry de Calgary demande aux gouvernements d’« interdire ou de limiter » l’homosexualité. Sa demande est inquiétante car elle...  Texte intégral | En anglais