Trans Human Rights Campaign

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Ottawa Trans Community Remembers Victims of Anti-Trans Hatred and Prejudice

Ottawa, November 13, 2007 -- Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR) has been set aside, for almost a decade, as an annual observance to memorialize those who have died due to anti-trans hatred or prejudice. The event has its roots in the murder of Boston transwoman Rita Hester on November 28, 1998, which led to the 'Remembering Our Dead' Web project and a candlelight vigil in San Francisco in 1999. Since then, the event has grown to encompass memorials in dozens of cities around the world.

Take Back the Night
Susan Gapka Speaking Notes
Trans Human Rights Campaign
Saturday, September 9, 2007

My name is Susan Gapka
I Chair the Trans Health Lobby Group, a committee of the Rainbow Health Network.

On March 5, we launched the Trans Human Rights Campaign at Queen’s Park to amend the Ontario Human Rights Code to include “gender identity” as a prohibited ground of discrimination.
Gender Identity: refers not to biological sex or sexual orientation, but the inner sense of being male or female, or both, or neither, or in between.

For Immediate Release: June 22, 2007

Trans Human Rights Campaign Launch during Toronto Pride Weekend

The Trans Health Lobby Group and community members will be marching for Trans Human Rights during Toronto Pride celebrations on Saturday, June 23, and Sunday, June 24.

Media Release: for 12 pm, March 5, 2007

Trans Health Lobby Group Supports Explicit Human Rights Protection for
Transsexual and Transgender People

Media Advisory: March 2, 2007

Trans Health Lobby Group Supports Explicit Human Rights Protection for Transsexual and Transgender People

WHAT: MPP Cheri DiNovo to announce Ontario Human Rights Code
Amendment Act to include ‘gender identity’ as enumerated ground.

WHEN: Monday March 5, 11:00 a.m.

WHERE: Queen’s Park Press Gallery

WHY: The Trans Health Lobby Group supports the amendment to the Ontario
Human Rights Code to include ‘gender identity’ as an enumerated ground.

WHO:
 Susan Gapka: Chair, Trans Health Lobby Group, Rainbow Health Network