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A private members bill was narrowly passed by the House of Commons a few weeks ago that seeks to add gender identity and gender expression to Canada’s Human Rights Act. This would essentially prevent future discrimination against transgendered people across the country.

However, the bill isn’t law yet, and has to pass the federal Senate before it gets ascent.

Luckily, many of the Conservative senators seem to be onside (including one lesbian and a board member for LGBT group Egale), and it seems likely that a free vote will be held. Unluckily, priority is being given to a long line of government bills, which are holding up the queue.

If an election is called this bill will have to start from square one again, and its sponsor, NDP MP Bill Siksay, is retiring from politics.

So send a message to our senators telling them to support Bill C-389 before that happens. You can use the form letter here, or write your own.

If you need any more convincing to support this bill, remember that religious-wingnut Charles McVety opposes it, and anything he’s opposed to is generally a good thing.