Transgender rights

Elliot Page in his first swim trunks shot on Instagram. (@ElliotPage/Instagram)

Elliot Page is a happy guy. That’s the important thing.

Image of the Week: An uplifting shot of the actor shirtless by the pool reminds us what the fight against transphobia is about

Saskatchewan letting people ditch gender markers on birth certificates could change Canada

If the ruling applies to driver’s licences and health cards in Saskatchewan, it could act as a precedent in other provinces, lawyer says

For transgender women, the pay equity gap is even wider

Male-to-female transgender workers can see their earnings drop by nearly a third but activists are working to change that

Maclean’s on the Hill: What’s driving anti-immigrant sentiment?

Catch up on your #cdnpoli on this last long weekend of summer

How a Black Lives Matter Toronto co-founder sees Canada

Janaya Khan speaks out on BLM Toronto’s sit-in at Pride—and why marginalized groups shouldn’t always bear the burden of truth

Rapid-Fire Politics: Transgender rights, assisted death, Fort Mac fires

Evan Solomon looks ahead to a transgender rights bill poised to pass into law and a bill on doctor-assisted death that might not. He also keeps an eye on the Fort McMurray fires that are only getting bigger.

An Alberta MLA on battling gender identity

‘Member Cortes-Vargas’ spoke in the legislature about not being defined by words like ‘masculinity’ and ‘femininity’

How the U.K. is at the vanguard on transgender equality

The cultural shift in the United Kingdom toward transgender awareness has not been without controversy

How discrimination got in the way of the federal transgender rights bill

How transphobia got the last word in the battle over Bill C-279