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CTV News
17-07-2025
- Health
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Judge halts deportation of non-binary person, citing risks LGBTQ2S+ face in U.S.
Angel Jenkel is seen in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Angel Jenkel OTTAWA — A non-binary person is being allowed to temporarily remain in Canada after removal proceedings were stayed by a judge who said an immigration officer did not consider the potential dangers facing LGBTQ2S+ people in the U.S. Angel Jenkel came to Canada in August 2022, but says they overstayed their six month visitor visa while taking care of their now fiancé who requires 24/7 care due to epilepsy. Jenkel was scheduled to be returned to the U.S. on July 3, but raised the potential of irreparable harm and fear for safety if returned to the U.S. as rights and protections for trans and non-binary people are rolled back. A Federal Court decision says the immigration officer reviewing Jenkel's pre-removal risk assessment failed to consider recent developments in the U.S. and relied instead on information from January 2024 National Documentation Package which provided information on potential risks. Justice Julie Blackhawk says in her decision that the officer's approach was 'flawed and unreasonable' for not considering up-to-date risks for LGBTQ2S+ people in the U.S. Jenkel can now stay in Canada until a judicial review of Blackhawk's decision is complete, and if the result is favourable for Jenkel then their application to stay in Canada will be reopened and reviewed by a different officer. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 17, 2025 David Baxter, The Canadian Press
CTV News
05-07-2025
- CTV News
Recent vandalism won't erase LGBTQ2S+ community in central Newfoundland: advocate
A pride flag is photographed during a Pride flag raising ceremony in Saskatoon on Thursday, June 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu ST. JOHN'S — An advocate in central Newfoundland says the LGBTQ2S+ community is standing tall despite recent vandalism appearing to target a rainbow crosswalk and Pride flag. Lexi MacDonald with Pride Grand Falls-Windsor says the vandalism reflects a crisis of empathy, but that LGBTQ2S+ people in central Newfoundland 'are not going anywhere.' RCMP say a rainbow crosswalk in front of a school in Botwood, N.L., about 35 kilometres northeast of Grand Falls-Windsor, was vandalized with spray paint earlier this week. Meanwhile, Natalie Smith says someone shot out a window in her Grand Falls-Windsor gift shop last month for the second time in two years. Smith says anti-LGBTQ2S+ hate is on the rise and she believes whoever did it may have been targeting the large rainbow Pride flag hanging in the window. Smith says members of the local and provincial governments must speak out about what has happened. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 5, 2025. The Canadian Press
CTV News
30-06-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
Saskatchewan school divisions must now share change room policies with province
Effective today, school divisions in Saskatchewan must share their change room policies with the province and make them publicly available. In January, the government said all schools must have a policy that upholds the privacy, dignity and comfort of students. That announcement came after Premier Scott Moe said it would be his 'first order of business' after the fall election to ban 'biological boys' from changing alongside 'biological girls.' Moe recanted that stance soon after the Oct. 28 election after an online publication ran a story outlining concerns surrounding two 12-year-old trans students using a girl's change room at a Saskatchewan school. Advocates have said many divisions already have policies about student privacy and safety in place and that LGBTQ2S+ students could be put at risk. At the time of the province's announcement, school divisions that already had a change room policy in place were: Good Spirit School Division Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Division Ile-A-La Crosse School Division Living Sky Lloydminster Catholic School Division Lloydminster Public School Division Northern Lights School Division Northwest School Division Prairie South Schools Prairie Spirit School Division Prairie Valley School Division Prince Albert Catholic School Division Regina Catholic School Division Regina Public School Division Sask Rivers School Division Saskatoon Public School Division Southeast Cornerstone In January, the Ministry of Education said it expected school divisions to come up with policies in collaboration with relevant parties such as students, parents and teachers. The Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA) welcomed the decision. '[It's] essentially respectful of the autonomy of boards of education, which is something our organization has long lobbied. That's a hill that we stand on, very loudly, that our structure is set up the way it is for a very good reason,' SSBA President Shawn Davidson said in January. The province said that it will continue to monitor the situation to ensure local input is being respected and heard. Keeping local school divisions in charge of their own policies was a relief to some who felt it never should have come up for debate in the first place. 'My relief is that we have clear guidance from the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code that gender identity is a protected ground,' University of Regina professor J. Skelton said in January. 'It's clear that everyone has a right to use spaces that best represent their gender identity, so we have some clear guidance there.' -More to come... -With files from Rory MacLean, Wayne Mantyka and The Canadian Press
CTV News
25-06-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
Next year's census to include sexual orientation question: StatCan
An employee makes his way to work at Statistics Canada, in Ottawa in a July 21, 2010, file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Next year's national census will include a new question asking respondents about their sexual orientation, Statistics Canada (StatCan) has confirmed to CTV News. In an emailed statement Wednesday, the agency said it has studied sexuality through 'a variety of health and social surveys' for more than two decades, but that the 2026 census will allow it to gather demographic data on LGBTQ2S+ Canadians with greater detail than ever before. In a report published last year, the agency noted that in consultations with stakeholder groups, the lack of detailed statistics on gender and sexuality 'was one of the most frequently reported perceived data gaps in the census content.' Existing surveys conducted by federal and provincial governments, non-governmental organizations and academia, the stakeholders said, weren't sufficiently robust for detailed research. StatCan says sexual orientation data will only be collected from census respondents over the age of 15.
CTV News
19-06-2025
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New book on 1977 gay bar raid in Montreal
The 1977 police raid at Montreal gay bar Truxx was a turning point for LGBTQ2S+ rights in Quebec and Canada. Local author Ben Ladouceur has penned a new book inspired by the raid.
