Transgender People are Completely Banned From Boarding Airplanes in Canada.
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THIS IS SO WRONG. AND TO NOT EVEN HAVE IT GO THROUGH PARLIAMENT TO BE DEBATED AND JUST PASSED INTO LAW? WELL, IT COULD ALSO HAPPEN IN NEW ZEALAND AND MANY OTHER PLACES, SO LET US ALL BE AWARE AND SHARE THE INFORMATION.
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.
Minister of Transportation Denis Lebel is, of course, a federal Conservative MP appointed to the cabinet position by Stephen Harper.
So what does this mean? Well, in order to change the ‘sex’ designation on a Canadian Passport, the federal government requires proof that surgery has taken place, or will take place within one year. So for non-operative transgender persons, for gender nonconforming (genderqueer) persons, and for the vast majority of pre-operative transsexual persons, it is literally impossible to obtain proper travel documentation marked with the sex designation which “matches” the gender identity in which they live.
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LEARN – Massive U.S. Troop Mobilization In Israel – War With Iran?
http://trendsupdates.com
President Obama announced today that funding for the military will be cut back, but at the same time the US has sent thousands of US troops to Israel. The two countries are doing a joint exercise called “Austere Challenge 12.” The exercise is meant to develop defense systems and collaboration between American and Israeli forces. US officials have denied this is in retaliation to Iran’s war games and allege this was planned way in advance. Jamal Abdi, policy director for the National Iranian American Council, gives us his take on this US troop deployment.
So What Will Facebook ‘Timelines’ Change Mean?
http://www.insidefacebook.com
IT MEANS I WILL BE SPENDING EVEN LESS TIME ON FACEBOOK. GO TWITTER.
Facebook has announced that its beginning the rollout of Timeline to users starting in New Zealand. Previously, the new interface was only available to developers.
Timeline is a redesign of the user profile that organizes all activity chronologically, with newest content appearing on top and older content being rolled into expandable month and year categories. Based on user activity and preferences, certain activities in Timeline receive more prominent placement — with bigger boxes or expanded Comments sections denoting an event that the user has designated as Highlighted or that Facebook has algorithmically determined to be of importance to the user (e.g. weddings, photos from a high school graduation, etc.).
After making Timeline available to the developer community, Facebook began experimenting with organization changes — for example, recently grouping social game high score stories under a single Games box, or recently read articles under a News box. The Maps feature also recently added location tags for photo albums.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ANY OF THAT MEANS. THE REST HERE.
Americans, Did You Know……………………
moveon.org
I HAD NO IDEA………..
WATCH – “Chronicle’ Trailer.
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SCREAMS ‘MISFITS’ TO ME.
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