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    (Questions and answers about gender identity and pronouns | Ontario Human Rights fauman ricurs| COMMISSION. Enalsh | Francais Page 1 of 5 YOUR RIGHTS CODE GROUNDS SOCIAL AREAS EDUCATION & OUTREACH OUR WORK Home » Questons and answers about gender identity and pronouns Related e-Learning + Human Rights 101 *Prelearing quiz— How much do you know about the Duty to Accommodate? Human Rights 101 Part A- About Human Rights Related Resources * Backgrounder —Talking about gender identty and gender expression +13, Preventing and responding to discrimination +7. Forms ofcscrimination + Palcy on preventing discrimination because of gender Identity and gender expression Related News + Hockey Canada's Ontario branches take Important step towards transgender inclusion + New poi to protect the human rights of trans people in Ontario + Important vitor for transgender persons in Ontario + ORC acs a human rights lens at I's Never Okay: 2015 Summit on Sexual Vioknce ard Harassment Questions and answers about gender identity and pronouns + sow tags | langage] | s)wrwohte.on caenquestionsand-answers-aboutgender-identity-and-pronouns 17/04/2017 (Questions and answers about gender identity and pronouns | Ontario Human Rights Com... Page 2 of 5 What does it mean to be transgender and why do pronouns matter? People wha are vansgender come from at walks off, Yet they are some ofthe most dsadvantaged Individuals in society. Trans people routinely experience discrimination, harassment and even violence because their gener identity or gender expression is different from their bith-assgned sex. Gender identity i each person's intemal and individual sense of being @ woman, a man, both, neither, cor anjuere along the gander spectrum, Personal names and pronouns ae two fundamental ways We ‘express gender and how others perceive our gender, Traditional gender pronouns (she/her, he/him) do rot tt everyone's gender ident. “The words people use to describe themselves and others are very important, The right terms can affirm Identities and challenge discriminatory attitudes. The wrong ones can dsempouer, demean arel Feinforce excision, This sas true today for non-binary gender pronouns like “they” as ews for the teolution ofthe Feminist movement and the use ofthe term "Ms" or @ married woman's maiden name. What does the Ontario Human Rights Code say about gender issues? Ontario added explicit protection for gender identity and gender expression tothe Code in 2012, The Code prohibits discrimination and harassment against trans people in employment, services (including education, policing, heath cae, restaurants, shopping malls, ec.) housing, contracts and membership in vocational associations, The Code does not specty the use of any particular pronoun or other terminology. Is ita violation of the Code to not address people by their choice of pronoun? “The law recognizes that everyone has the right to sel ideniy their gender and that “risgendering” is a form of eiscrimination |As one human rights tribunal said: "Gender ..may be the mest significant factor ina person's identity. Te Is intensely personal. In many respects how we look at ourselves and define who we are starts with our gender"! The Tribunal found misgendering to be discriminatory in a case involving police, in part because the police used male pronouns despite the complainant's sel-dentifcation as a trans woman. Refusing to refer toa trars person by ther chosen name and a persoral pronoun that matches thelr ‘gender identity, or purpasely misgencering, vl likely be ciscrimination when it takes place ina social ‘area covered by the Code; including employment, housing and services ke education, The law is ‘othervise unsettled as to whether someone can insist on any one gender-neutral pronoun in particular. Gender-neutral pronouns may not be well mown. Some people may not know how to determine what pronoun to use, Others may fee! uncomfotabe using gender-neutral pronouns. Generally, when in ‘doubt, ack a person haw they wish to be addressed, Use they” Ifyou don know which pronoun is prefered. Simply refering tothe person by their chosen name Is alvays 2 respectful approach, Doesn't this interfere with freedom expression? hap: wwwohte.on coenvquestionsand-answersaboutgenderidentity-and-pronouns 17/08/2017 (Questions and answers about gender identity and pronouns | Ontario Human Rights Com... Page 3 of 5 ‘Our lawmakers and courts recognize the right to fresdom of expression, and atthe same time, that no Fights absolute. Expression may be limited where, for example, is hate speech under criminal lav, “The Supreme Cour has also found that some limits on free speech ae justflable to protect people from harassment and dlsrimination in social areas like employment and services"! On the ether hand,

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