Waterloo, ON, resident Caitlin Glasson started a petition to the Canadian government to extend to transgender and non-binary people the right to claim asylum because of harmful laws. .“The world is becoming increasingly hostile to transgender and non-binary individuals,” said Glasson in a petition. .“Transgender and non-binary people's rights to live as themselves are being restricted and removed in many places.” .Glasson said this includes “the so-called ‘Western democracies’ which have historically been presumed safe.” .The petition said the United Kingdom is harming transgender people by revising its Equality Act to exclude them from protections. It added more than a dozen American states enacted or are considering legislation eliminating or criminalizing gender-affirming healthcare. .“Canada has prided itself on being an inclusive, tolerant, and welcoming society for everyone regardless of gender identity or gender expression,” said Glasson. .The petition will close for signatures on May 26. Green MP Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre) sponsored the petition. .More than 23,000 people signed the petition as of Wednesday. The province with the most signatures was Ontario (9,518 people). .Subsequent to Ontario was British Columbia (4,476 people). This was followed by Alberta (3,194), Quebec (2,295), and Nova Scotia (995). .The petition will be certified by the clerk of petitions, as it has obtained more than 500 signatures. .A Calgary parent expressed outrage on Monday over a transgender woman hanging out in the girls’ changing room at Canyon Meadows Pool..READ MORE: Parent furious transgendered men allowed into girls' changing room at Calgary pools."He had his penis hanging out around little girls,” said the parent..“I confronted the pool about this to let them know that I was uncomfortable with a man using the change room and walking around with his penis hanging out with my daughter in there.”
