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Ontario Government Forms to Become Gender Neutral

posted Monday, September 28, 2015

by: in Featured, Law

Ontario parents who are not part of a traditional nuclear family can face problems filling out government forms. The example I see most often is with birth registrations, which arises in my surrogacy law practice. Even though a birth certificate can list two parents of the same sex, the birth registration form is not so […]

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Italy recognizes rights of same-sex couples

posted Wednesday, August 26, 2015

by: in Law

Last month I blogged about a historic ruling in the United States legalizing same-sex marriage, and this month I am pleased to report similar developments in Europe. Italy does not allow same-sex couples to marry or enter into civil unions. To the frustration of many, attempts at introducing legislation have been procedurally blocked by the […]

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Supreme Court of the United States recognizes same-sex marriage in landmark decision

posted Thursday, July 9, 2015

by: in Law

You likely heard about the historic ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States in June 2015 striking down laws prohibiting same-sex marriage. I suspect most of you have read only the media publications on the decision, so I  thought it might be interesting to look at the written decision of the Court and […]

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LGBTQ Seniors in Long-Term Care

posted Sunday, June 7, 2015

by: in Law

As Pride Week returns for another year, I find myself thinking specifically about seniors. In response to the recent Ireland same-sex marriage referendum, an older woman from Ireland, who was critical of the outcome, was quoted in the media about how she feels young people these days have lost their way. Her comment reminded me […]

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Can a doctor refuse to treat patients because of their sexual orientation or identity?

posted Sunday, May 3, 2015

by: in Law

In February it was reported that a U.S. pediatrician refused to treat a child because her mothers were lesbians. The same thing happened to a Winnipeg couple in 2009, annd over the years many others have likely experienced similar discrimination, though the stories are often not shared publicly. The first paper I ever published was […]

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Religious Exclusion

posted Wednesday, April 8, 2015

by: in Law

Should a law school be allowed to exclude gay students on religious grounds? That is the question surrounding B.C’s Trinity Western University, which is set to open a law school in 2016. The school is a private Christian university that requires students to sign a “community covenant” that, among other things, prohibits premarital sex, where […]

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Update on adding gender identity to Canadian Human Rights Act

posted Sunday, March 8, 2015

by: in Law

Over the last few years there has been a wave of support for recognizing gender identity as a separate ground under human rights legislation. Ontario amended its Human Rights Code in 2012 to include gender identity and gender expression. Other provinces have followed suit. Even without these amendments it is often said that the ground […]

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Legal Check-in for the New Year

posted Sunday, January 18, 2015

by: in Law

No matter who you are or what you do, there is a good chance there are legal matters in your life that could use some attention. Chances are you have put these tasks on the back burner for so long you forgot they existed, or perhaps you never thought of them in the first place. […]

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What comes first: legal reform or social change?

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2014

by: in Law

The other day I was watching TV and the new Tide commercial came on. I had seen the commercial at least two or three times before, but this time it clicked: hey – they are featuring a gay couple! Within a few minutes of Googling I learned that General Mills recently featured a gay couple […]

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Do tax laws discriminate against gay male couples pursuing surrogacy?

posted Friday, November 28, 2014

by: in Law

Clients of mine who are “intended parents”, people having a child through third party assisted reproduction, often ask me about tax write-offs. After all, paying for medical expenses involved with third party assisted reproductive technologies (ART) is very expensive. For example, a gay male couple having a child through ART must pay for fertility medications, […]

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