{"id":604,"date":"2022-05-17T14:54:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T18:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/article\/green-party-leader-sees-a-rising-tide-of-hate-based-on-sexuality-and-gender-identity\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T01:26:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T06:26:53","slug":"green-party-leader-sees-a-rising-tide-of-hate-based-on-sexuality-and-gender-identity","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/news\/green-party-leader-sees-a-rising-tide-of-hate-based-on-sexuality-and-gender-identity","title":{"rendered":"Green Party leader sees a rising tide of hate based on sexuality and gender identity"},"content":{"rendered":"

OTTAWA – While general levels of acceptance and access to services have improved for 2SLGBTQIA+ people in Canada, homophobia, biphobia, intersexism and transphobia are still rampant and oppressive, the interim Green Party Leader Amita Kuttner said today.<\/p>

“Anti-trans hate is on the rise around the world, driven by far-right ideology and organizations,” said Dr. Kuttner, the first transgender person to lead a national political party in Canada. “It is not as recognized as other forms of hate; education around trans people is so minimal that even major instances of transphobia aren’t noticed, and are often defended.”<\/p>

Speaking on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, Dr. Kuttner said: “From a personal lived perspective as an intersectionally marginalized person, the anti-trans hatred is open and unabashed, consistently more brazen than the micro-aggressions and implicit bias problems around my other identities, and general issues with cis and heteronormativity.<\/p>

“We don't talk enough about trans joy. Being trans is a beautiful experience. All of the negative experiences so often discussed – the suicides, the misery – are due to systemic problems and hatred.”<\/p>

Dr. Kuttner called on the government to establish permanent funding for the LGBTQ Secretariat and invest in 2SLGBTQIA+ organizations to combat gender-based violence. “Canada needs a national strategy to address gender-based hate preemptively, before it escalates into a movement succeeding at removing our hard won rights,” they said. “We have strategies for combating other forms of hate – this should be no different.”<\/p>

Green Party parliamentary leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) said: “On this International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, I am deeply aware that too many people still are exposed to hate and discrimination because of who they are. Those of us who are not part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community need to stand in solidarity with those who are marginalized and abused.”<\/p>

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For more information or to arrange an interview:
John Chenery
media@greenparty.ca<\/a>
1-613-562-4916 ext. 215<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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