Tens of thousands of Canadians are joining a call for the Canadian government to help transgender and non-binary people fearing the outcome of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation gaining ground in the United States and other countries.
Cait Glasson, an activist in Waterloo, launched an online petition to the House of Commons, asking the federal government to extend the right to claim asylum by reason of eliminationist laws in their home countries, whatever country that may be. She said friends in the U.S. are already preparing for the possibility that they will have no choice but to leave the country. Laws and bills targeting LGBTQ+ rights at the state level in the U.S. have already reached record numbers in 2023. Glasson's petition has garnered more than 135,000 signatures since it was started on Jan. 26 — the third highest number of signatures, behind two petitions regarding firearms legislation, since the federal government initiated e-petitions in 2015.
Mike Morrice, the Green Party MP for Ontario's Kitchener Centre, authorized the e-petition and will present it to Parliament once it closes. He said he's surprised at how much attention it has received but that it speaks to Canadians having a "sense of wanting to be a safe haven."
Canada May Grant Asylum To American Transgender People As Casualties Of ‘Culture War’
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