Pride Montreal calls for an end
to "colonial and oppressive laws"
The government of Quebec must amend the Civil Code to allow trans migrants living in the province
to change their name on official documents.
This is one of the requests of the organization Fierté Montréal, which supports and promotes communities
of sexual diversity and gender plurality.
Behind the festival of the same name, Fierté Montréal deplores that the full recognition of the rights and freedoms of people of sexual and gender diversity is still not achieved here as elsewhere. In this case, he believes that trans and non-binary migrants, minors and children are still discriminated against, and the organization castigates "colonial and oppressive laws".
to change their name on official documents.
This is one of the requests of the organization Fierté Montréal, which supports and promotes communities
of sexual diversity and gender plurality.
Behind the festival of the same name, Fierté Montréal deplores that the full recognition of the rights and freedoms of people of sexual and gender diversity is still not achieved here as elsewhere. In this case, he believes that trans and non-binary migrants, minors and children are still discriminated against, and the organization castigates "colonial and oppressive laws".
Fierté Montréal asks various governments, but also businesses and all other organizations "to be aware of the trauma that trans people endure when confronted with their past identity".
For example, Fierté Montreal believes that the Quebec government must allow trans parents to have their true identities reflected on their children's birth certificates.
The organization made these three requests on Tuesday, recalling that 30 years ago, on the night of July 14, one of the most violent police raids took place at the Sex Garage party.
And, “30 years later, while the global situation is exceptionally fragile, Fierté Montréal intends to make and react to the following demands: Let us fully recognize the identity of all trans and [non-binary] people regardless of their age, citizenship or their parental status ”, we can read in a press release published in the run-up to the 360 edition of Fierté Montréal, scheduled for August 10 to 16 on social networks.
In addition, the organization wanted to make it known that the pandemic had consequences on the health of people of sexual and gender diversity, "including particularly the isolation and increased discrimination experienced".
For example, Fierté Montreal believes that the Quebec government must allow trans parents to have their true identities reflected on their children's birth certificates.
The organization made these three requests on Tuesday, recalling that 30 years ago, on the night of July 14, one of the most violent police raids took place at the Sex Garage party.
And, “30 years later, while the global situation is exceptionally fragile, Fierté Montréal intends to make and react to the following demands: Let us fully recognize the identity of all trans and [non-binary] people regardless of their age, citizenship or their parental status ”, we can read in a press release published in the run-up to the 360 edition of Fierté Montréal, scheduled for August 10 to 16 on social networks.
In addition, the organization wanted to make it known that the pandemic had consequences on the health of people of sexual and gender diversity, "including particularly the isolation and increased discrimination experienced".
