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la_vie_noire ([personal profile] la_vie_noire) wrote2012-01-31 01:20 am

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Transgender People are Completely Banned From Boarding Airplanes in Canada.

The shit hit the fan in the trans blogosphere last night, when it came to light that there is a disturbing new section in the Identity Screening Regulations used in airports throughout Canada. Simply put, Transgender People are Completely Banned From Boarding Airplanes in Canada.

The offending section of the regulations reads:

5.2 (1) An air carrier shall not transport a passenger if …
(c) the passenger does not appear to be of the gender indicated on the identification he or she presents;


Although this obviously discriminatory smear of regulation did not come to significant public attention until very recently, it apparently came into effect on July 27th, 2011.

It is important to note that these regulations are not actually a piece of legislation, which would have had to pass through readings and votes in the House and Senate (which is probably why it went unnoticed until now). Rather, the Identity Screening Regulations are a set of rules implemented unilaterally by the Ministry of Transportation, as part of Canada’s so-called Passenger Protect, which is essentially the Canadian Federal Government’s equivalent to the U.S.’s “no-fly” list.


ETA: wildgender at twitter puts it correctly:

Also #transgender ppl r not "completely banned" from airplanes in Canada, its the folks who's gender presentation doesn't match their ID.
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[personal profile] trouble 2012-01-31 10:38 am (UTC)(link)
whut?
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[personal profile] dingsi 2012-01-31 11:26 am (UTC)(link)
What the fuck.
What. The. Fuck.
What the fuuuuuuck~
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[personal profile] parlance 2012-01-31 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you shitting me?
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[personal profile] bell 2012-01-31 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
For crying out loud