At Vanier Gardens, we want to make it known that we support Gender Equality and that we don’t tolerate sexism or any kind of unfair treatment, regardless of your gender.
Facts:
When measuring full-time job tenure only, women earn 73.3% of men working full-time in Canada, or roughly 27% less.
Trans women of colour are directly impacted not only by transphobia, but also by racism and sexism, which manifests itself in high levels of violence against them.
Gender stereotypes reduce women and trans people often to being the punch line of a joke, over-sexualize them, and devalue their personalities.
Trans people are often expected to overtly comply with gender stereotypes. For instance, their medical transitioning might rely on wearing a skirt/ make-up (for a trans woman), being heterosexual etc.
According to nationwide survey, 74% of transgender youth reported experiencing verbal harassment in school, and 37% reported experiencing physical violence.
The rates of depression are also fairly high, since 77% of transgender individuals in Ontario report having considered suicide, and 43% have attempted suicide at least once.
“Hate crimes against transgender Canadians are often physically aggressive. Experience demonstrates that explicit reference in the Criminal Code makes it more likely that investigating authorities will recognize such acts as hate-motivated. By expanding hate crimes provisions in the Criminal Code to include gender identity and expression, Bill C-16 provides the transgender community with protections equal to those which other targeted groups, including the Jewish community, receive under the law.” -David J. Cape, Chair of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs