he
      story
      nobody
      will
      tell
      cont’...
     
     
      ourse
      in
      law
      for
      Ontario’s
      socially
      empow-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
          
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Ministry
      of
      Health
      keeps
      dropping
     
     
      e
      ball
      on
      the
      problems
      we
      have
      with
      the
     
     
      edical
      and
      psychiatric
      professions.
      The
      Min-
     
     
      try
      of
      Citizenship
      seems
      unconcerned,
      and
     
     
      ‘en
      Bob
      Rae
      the
      Premier
      of
      our
      fine
      province
     
     
      as
      refused
      to
      intercede
      in
      this
      wonderful
      mess.
     
     
      Inshort,
      transsexuals
      and
      transgenderists
     
     
      ave
      no
      rights
      in
      Ontario.
      I
      can
      write
      com-
     
     
      laints
      that
      fall
      well
      within
      the
      Human
      Rights
     
     
      ode,
      but
      there
      is
      no
      enforcement
      available.
     
     
      All
      this
      being
      said,
      ifyou
      asked
      me
      today
     
     
      ‘what
      is
      the
      biggest
      problem’’,
      I
      would
      tell
      you
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      lat
      we
      still
      cannot
      get
      decent
      counselling,
     
     
      iedical
      care,
      or
      human
      rights
      enforcement,
      but
     
     
      lisis
      not
      really
      the
      big
      problem.
      Taking
      a
      few
     
     
      eps
      back
      shows
      me
      that
      the
      biggest
      problem
     
     
      es
      in
      the
      prejudices
      that
      permeate
      this
      country.
     
    

    
     
      In
      my
      encounters
      with
      commercial
      news
     
     
      \edia,
      the
      most
      frequent
      reaction
      to
      what
      I
      have
     
     
      Id
      you
      today
      is
      ‘‘yeah,
      so?’’.
      They
      would
     
     
      ither
      write
      a
      ‘‘feel
      good’’
      piece
      about
      some
     
     
      anssexual
      who
      did
      something
      really
      excep-
     
     
      onal,
      like
      keeping
      their
      job.
      On
      occasion
      they
     
     
      ill
      talk
      about
      an
      individual
      case
      of
      discrimina-
     
     
      on,
      but
      woe
      befall
      the
      poor
      sap
      who
      tries
      to
     
     
      ow
      them
      just
      how
      widespread
      the
      bigotry
     
     
      ally
      is
      and
      how
      to
      tie
      it
      into
      the
      systemic
     
     
      urces
      that
      enable
      it.
     
    

    
     
      It
      isn’t
      big
      news
      that
      disregard
      for
      our
     
     
      hts,
      and
      consequent
      violations
      of
      the
      Charter
     
     
      Rights
      and
      Freedoms
      are
      occurring
      routinely
     
     
      Several
      levels
      of
      Ontario’s
      provincial
      govern-
     
     
      ent.
      Itisn’t
      evena
      little
      bit
      interesting
      that
      this
     
     
      ables
      our
      oppression
      in
      the
      private
      sector,
     
     
      ving
      most
      ofus
      out
      of
      work,
      with
      virtually
      no
     
     
      Cess
      to
      society,
      and
      drawing
      heavily
      on
      pro-
     
     
      cial
      welfare.
      Even
      the
      notion
      that
      some
      of
      us
     
     
      driven
      to
      suicide
      attempts
      by
      the
      ludicrous
     
     
      licies
      of
      psychiatric
      Gender
      Clinics
      is
      a
      bore.
     
    

    
     
      Our
      biggest
      problem
      is
      the
      story
      nobody
     
     
      ll
      tell.
      The
      news
      media
      of
      this
      country,
      by
      its
     
     
      nce
      on
      this
      issue,
      is
      creating
      an
      environment
     
     
      Crein
      people
      can
      be
      persecuted
      by
      govern-
     
     
      nt,
      medicine,
      psychiatry
      and
      the
      public
      sec-
     
     
      »
      while
      comfortably
      hidden
      behind
      the
      veil
      of
     
     
      cy
      created
      by
      the
      media’s
      indifference
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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