Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 212: We call upon all police services to take appropriate steps to ensure the safety of 2SLGBTQQIA people in the sex industry.

Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 213: We call upon all governments, educators, and those involved in research to support and conduct research and knowledge gathering on pre-colonial knowledge and teachings about the place, roles, and responsibilities of 2SLGBTQQIA people within their respective communities, to support belonging, safety, and well-being.

Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 215: We call upon all governments, service providers, and educators to fund and support the re-education of communities and individuals who have learned to reject 2SLGBTQQIA people, or who deny their important history and contemporary place within communities and in ceremony, and to address transphobia and homophobia in communities (for example, with anti-transphobia and anti-homophobia programs), to ensure cultural access for 2SLGBTQQIA people.

Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 216: We call upon all governments and service providers to educate service providers on the realities of 2SLGBTQQIA people and their distinctive needs, and to provide mandatory cultural competency training for all social service providers, including Indigenous studies, cultural awareness training, trauma-informed care, anti-oppression training, and training on 2SLGBTQQIA inclusion within an Indigenous context (including an understanding of 2SLGBTQQIA identities and Indigenous understandings of gender and sexual orientation). 2SLGBTQQIA people must be involved in the design and delivery of this training.

Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 217: We call upon all governments, service providers, and educators to educate the public on the history of non-gender binary people in Indigenous societies, and to use media, including social media, as a way to build awareness and understanding of 2SLGBTQQIA issues.

Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 218: We call upon provincial and territorial governments and schools to ensure that students are educated about gender and sexual identity, including 2SLGBTQQIA identities, in schools.

Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 219: We call upon federal and provincial correctional services to engage in campaigns to build awareness of the dangers of misgendering in correctional systems and facilities and to ensure that the rights of trans people are protected.

Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 221: We call upon coroners and others involved in the investigation of missing and murdered Indigenous trans-identified individuals and individuals with non-binary gender identities to use gender-neutral or non-binary options, such as an X-marker, for coroners’ reports and for reporting information related to the crimes, as appropriate.

Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 224: We call upon health service providers to educate their members about the realities and needs of 2SLGBTQQIA people, and to recognize substantive human rights dimensions to health services for 2SLGBTQQIA people.

Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 228: We call upon federal, provincial, and territorial governments and health service providers to reduce wait times for sex-reassignment surgery.