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CBC
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
CBC is proud to be a part of Pride 2025
The Pride Winnipeg Festival is an opportunity to connect with and celebrate two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary, queer and diverse communities in Manitoba. This year, Pride Winnipeg is May 23rd to June 1st, 2025. The events kick off on Friday, May 23, with a flag raising at City Hall. CBC/Radio-Canada Manitoba will participate in the Winnipeg Pride Parade on June 1. The parade will start at the Manitoba Legislature, make its way through downtown Winnipeg and end at The Forks. Give us a wave and collect our limited edition CBC Pride button. Enjoy all the Pride Winnipeg events, including the flag raising, festival and parade, and see main stage headliner Sebastian Gaskin, June 1 at 5:45 p.m. Flag raising - Friday, May 23. Festival at the Forks - Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1. Parade and rally - Sunday, June 1. Learn more about all of the Pride events here. What else? The Pride Winnipeg app Want to stay connected and updated on all the events happening during Pride weekend? Download the Pride Winnipeg app. You can find event schedules, food details, a list of sponsors and FAQs to help you make the most of the festival. Keep an eye on the app after Pride for events year-round! Volunteer Pride is powered by the many volunteers who give their time to make the event a success. Learn more about volunteer opportunities here. Listen to our CBC MB Pride playlist here.
Global News
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Global News
Indigenous artists collaborate to highlight MMIWG2S+
Singing from the mountain tops, Indigenous artists Dani Lion and Jodie B are calling the missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and Two Spirit people home. 'In the lyric I sing,'I am the river, I am the mountains, I am the rock beneath your soles',' said Jodie 'Jodie B' Bruce, producer and artist. 'We are just energy. Energy is not destroyed, it is transformed, and so it kind of goes to a message for our lost sisters. When they are gone, they aren't really gone, they live amongst everything nature.' Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Their song called 'Mountain Prayer' is a call to action. 'It's really important that we do raise awareness for it because if we don't, how do we change anything about it,' said Bruce. Statistics Canada shows that Indigenous women and girls are six times more likely to be murdered than other groups of people in Canada, which is a reality the duo knows all too well. Story continues below advertisement 'I grew up here in central B.C., off Highway 16, which is called the Highway of Tears for a reason, because we've lost many, many of our women, Two Spirit and men here on this strip here, particularly,' said Danielle 'Dani Lion' Mueller, artist. The song's meaning is amplified because of its Red Dress Day release. It's a day when hundreds marched through the streets of Kelowna, demanding change and justice for those missing. 'This song is about how we can, not only can we have action, but we can have healing through these things that happen to us,' said Mueller.
Cision Canada
05-05-2025
- Politics
- Cision Canada
National Indigenous groups partner to pressure Canada to end MMIWG2S+ crisis
Collaborative data project seeks to enhance understanding of MMIWG2S+ crisis, strengthen advocacy and highlight lack of action from Canada since the National Inquiry UNCEDED ANISHINABE TERRITORY, ON, May 5, 2025 /CNW/ - Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak (LFMO), the Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA) and 2 Spirits in Motion Society (2SiMS) announced a collaborative, Indigenous-led data project focused on Missing and Murdered First Nations, Métis and Inuit Women, Girls, Two Spirit and Gender-diverse Peoples today. "Despite the clear path laid out by the National Inquiry, First Nations, Métis and Inuit Women, Girls, Two Spirit and Gender-diverse Peoples are still dehumanized, devalued and targeted," says Pauktuutit President and CEO Nikki Komaksiutiksak. "This project will strengthen ongoing advocacy efforts and pressure the Government of Canada to implement all 231 Calls for Justice identified by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls." This project is intended to bring in additional Indigenous-led organizations that can assist in data collection on Missing and Murdered First Nations, Métis and Inuit Women, Girls, Two Spirit and Gender-diverse Peoples, which will be used to raise awareness and lead to the creation of a national database — strengthening advocacy, driving social progress and changing policy "Police forces, child welfare systems and social services lack an understanding of their role in systemic violence, resulting in unreliable and inaccurate MMIWG2S+ data," says LFMO Director of MMIWG2S Initiatives Kristen Gilchrist-Salles. "We must put an end to the violent systems shaping this crisis — the data we collect will help us accomplish this." "The data will help support advocacy efforts on the ground and at the highest levels of government," says 2SiMS National Research Coordinator Imriel Bissnette. "Today, on Red Dress Day, we ask everyone across the country to come together, hold governments accountable and put an end to the genocide of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Women, Girls, Two Spirit and Gender-diverse Peoples." "This partnership and project is about a shared commitment to truth, accountability and walking alongside each other with respect and responsibility," says ONWA CEO Cora McGuire-Cyrette. "It's about coming together with care and purpose to honour the lives and experiences of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Women, Girls, Two Spirit and Gender-diverse Peoples. By using data to shine a light on systemic gaps and injustices, this work aims to support long-overdue accountability and strengthen safety, justice and healing in our communities." The organizations are working alongside CDCI and Wampum Records — who helped build the online data repository for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation together. For more information, visit: About Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada: Pauktuutit is the national non-profit organization representing all Inuit women in Canada. Its mandate is to foster a greater awareness of the needs of Inuit women, and to encourage their participation in community, regional and national concerns in relation to social, cultural and economic development. About Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak: Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak (LMFO) is the recognized National voice of Métis women from across the Métis Motherland informed by the expressed priorities of grassroots Métis women. About Ontario Native Women's Association: The Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA) is a not for profit organization to empower and support all Indigenous women and their families in the province of Ontario through research, advocacy, policy development and programs that focus on local, regional and provincial activities. About 2 Spirits in Motion Society: The 2 Spirits in Motion Society (2SiMS) is a registered national non-profit society that seeks to create, maintain, and strengthen a safe and supportive environment for 2 Spirit people to express themselves through cultural ways of knowing and being around gender and sexuality; and to succeed and be empowered in all areas that are grounded in the medicines that 2 Spirit people carry.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Montana judge blocks anti-trans bathroom law
A state judge in Montana on Wednesday temporarily blocked a law that prevented transgender folks from using bathrooms in public buildings that aligned with their gender identities, the Associated Press reports. Transgender state Rep. Zoey Zephyr and local activists heralded the decision. District Court Judge Shane Vannatta issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) barring enforcement of House Bill 121 until April 21. The new law, signed into law by Republic Gov. Greg Gianforte on March 27, codifies and claims to 'reaffirm the longstanding meanings' of the terms 'sex, male, and female' and 'preserve women's restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters for women in facilities where women have traditionally been afforded privacy and safety from acts of abuse, harassment, sexual assault, and violence committed by men.' The suit was filed by Casey Perkins, Spencer McDonald, Kasandra Redding, and two unidentified individuals identified as Jane and John Doe. The five were represented by the ACLU of Montana, in partnership with ACLU and Legal Voice. 'Today's ruling provides enormous relief to trans Montanans across the state,' Alex Rate, legal director for ACLU of Montana said in a statement to the media. 'The state's relentless attacks on trans and Two Spirit people cannot withstand constitutional scrutiny by the courts.' Zephyr, the transgender state representative who incurred the wrath of Republicans last year when they unsuccessfully tried to ban her from using the women's restrooms in the state capital, heralded the judge's order. 'Montana's anti-trans bathroom ban is BLOCKED by the courts,' Zephyr posted to X. 'The judge finds that the ban was "motivated by animus" and that it showed no evidence that it protects safety and privacy.' Kaitlin Price, a spokesperson for Gianforte, appeared to scoff at the case and TRO in an anti-trans statement emailed to the media. 'We're not surprised to see far-left activists run to the courts to stop this common-sense law,' Price said before denying trans women are women. Gianforte signed House Bill 121 last week along with House Bill 130, which made it illegal for public educational institutions to permit transgender folks to use restrooms, bathing, changing, and sleeping facilities that align with their gender identity. 'Standing alongside our partners in Montana and across the country, I am proud to safeguard privacy and security for women and girls – because a man shouldn't be in a women's restroom, shouldn't be in a women's shower room, and shouldn't be housed in a women's prison,' Gov. Greg Gianforte said in a statement last week announcing the signing. 'Today, we're maintaining equal opportunity for all Americans while also protecting women and girls and their right to safe and separate facilities and activities.' Both laws took effect immediately. Since only House Bill 121 was challenged in court, House Bill 130 remains in effect.
Fox News
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Education Department investigating Oregon for allowing trans athlete in women's sports
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has opened a Title IX investigation into Portland Public Schools for allowing a trans-identifying male athlete to compete in women's sports, OutKick has learned. As OutKick previously reported, "Ada" Gallagher is a biological male who won a high school state championship in track & field last year. Gallagher has continued to compete in the girls' division, despite President Donald Trump signing an executive order to prevent males from competing in girls' and women's sports. The Department sent a letter to Kimberlee Armstrong, Superintendent of Portland Public Schools (the District), informing her that the investigation is now open. "These allegations include allowing a male track student athlete to compete in a girls' interscholastic track and field competition on March 19, 2025, and permitting the male athlete to use the girls' locker room while female athletes were changing," the OCR said in a press release. "OCR also sent a letter notifying the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA), the governing body for the Portland Interscholastic League, that it was opening a directed investigation into its "gender identity participation" policy, which appears to violate Title IX." Last week, the Oregon Department of Education released new guidelines around sex-based sports participation. "Nonbinary, intersex, genderfluid, Two Spirit, and other students who do not consistently identify with the gender binary cannot be prohibited from playing on athletic teams of either gender, in alignment with Oregon nondiscrimination law," the guidelines state. There's also a section relating to required uniforms, where schools are forced to "develop any athletic uniform policies with consideration of the needs of gender expansive students." OutKick recently spoke to an Oregon female high school athlete, who said she wanted to see the federal government get involved to stop trans athletes from stealing wins, awards and spots on girls' teams from females. "It's just frustrating that nothing has changed. But I would very much, and I know other women would [as well], appreciate seeing Oregon being investigated for this, because I feel like it's so obvious that this is happening, and it is so obvious that it is wrong," Lilian Hammond told OutKick. Well, Hammond is getting her wish, as the Department of Education – which has already opened investigations in several other states, including Maine, California, Minnesota and Washington – is now investigating Oregon. "I am very happy that this is getting the attention that it deserves," Hammond said in a text message to OutKick after learning about the investigation. "We will not allow the Portland Public Schools District or any other educational entity that receives federal funds to trample on the antidiscrimination protections that women and girls are guaranteed under law," said Craig Trainor, Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights. "President Trump and Secretary McMahon have been steadfast in their commitment to protect the rights of women and girls. OCR will use every lawful means to ensure that no female athlete is denied equal athletic opportunities or robbed of her rightful accolades." OutKick reached out to Kimberlee Armstrong and OSAA about the investigation. Neither could be immediately reached for comment. While Oregon, like Maine, has argued that their state law permits athletes to compete with and against athletes who match their gender identity – rather than their biological sex – the OCR has repeatedly made it clear that federal mandates supersede state law. News of the OCR investigation came on the same day that World Athletics, the global governing body for Track & Field, announced it will perform biological sex tests on female athletes to keep males out of the women's category.
