Again, usually avoid this thread, but this talks about “Trans Genocide” in Canada:
This one appeared in a
CBC headline in 2015, when the network brought on U.S. academic Tarynn Witten to speak of a “quiet genocide” against trans people. The basic charge being that anything short of total societal affirmation for trans identities constituted an attempt to erase the community’s existence.
Back then, the idea of a “trans genocide” was controversial enough that producers brought on Bernie Farber, former head of the Canadian Jewish Congress., to dispute the notion that allegations of inequitable treatment were sufficient to constitute genocide.
But any such hedging on the term has gradually fallen away as it has become a fixture on protest signs and academic literature. References to trans genocide even appeared in a 2022 report by Canada’s Department of Justice.
In a legal profile of “Trans, Two-Spirit, and Non-Binary People,” authors referenced a paper co-authored by Witten entitled The Next Strange Fruit—Hate Crimes, Violence and Genocide Against the Global Trans Communities.”
The paper was cited as a source for the line “researchers have found that trans people are exposed to various forms of discrimination and violence in interpersonal and institutional contexts.”
Climate genocide, pipeline genocide, prison genocide ... there are few contentious Canadian issues that haven't been equated to genocide
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