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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

What can you do...

...but shake your head and resolve never to vote for people who appoint or  support Human Rights Tribunals like this one:
 
A group that supports transgender rights is applauding a "precedent-setting" decision by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario that gives transsexuals who are strip-searched by police the right to choose between male or female officers or both to perform the act.

The ruling, which stems from a complaint by a man who was in the process of becoming a woman, is a "win-win" for both transsexuals and police, said Laurie Arron of Egale Canada, a group that advocates equality for homosexual, bisexual and transgender people.

In its decision, the tribunal found the strip-searches constituted unintentional discrimination on the basis of sex.

The ruling, issued May 16, also sets out directions for officers who have doubts that a detainee is transsexual, and ordered Peel police to produce a training video on transsexuality for its members.

"It upholds the human rights of trans-people, and the police training will help everyone to get along better," Arron said.

If I were a police officer, I'd want to quit and pursue a normal line of work...

 

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