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68 U. Toronto L.J. 1 (2018)

handle is hein.journals/utlj68 and id is 1 raw text is: DON'T BE SO HATEFUL: THE INSUFFICIENCY OF ANTI- DISCRIMINATION AND HATE CRIME LAWS IN IMPROVING TRANS WELL-BEING The question of judicial protection of trans people has come to the fore in recent years, culminating in Bill C-16 which added gender identity and gender expression to the federal anti-discrimination and hate crime laws. In this article, the author contests the notion that anti-discrimination and hate crime laws are effective in miti- gating anti-trans harassment, discrimination, and violence. Suggesting that the model of anti-trans acts which underlies anti-discrimination and hate crime laws is erroneous, the author argues that the law s impact on trans well-being will be modest and that a carejul analysis of anti-trans attitudes enables us to identify a number of more effective governmental avenues toward trans emancipation. Keywords: anti-discrimination laws, Bill C-16, feminism, hate crime laws, human rights, LGBT, transgender Transfeminism believes that a society that honors cross-gender identifies is the one that treats people of all genders fairly, because our existence is seen as problematic only when there is a rigid gender hierarchy. Emi Koyama, 'The Transfeminist Manifesto' Violence against transgender people is a pandemic that has been gar- nering some recognition by the Canadian government.' Reacting to the * LLM Candidate, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Metaphorically, a cyborg witch with flowers in her hair f I would like to thank the amazing people that have helped me along with this article. I would like to thank trans people for being so awesome. I would like to thank Rowan Scul- lion for putting up with me as I rambled endlessly about the topic of the article. I would like to thank Suzanne Zaccour and Caroline Trottier-Gascon for helping me in the early brainstorming stages of the article. I would like to thank Jess De Santi for their helpful comments and editorial help. I would like to thank David Dyzenhaus, Brenda Cossman, and Robert Leckey for their astute and constructive comments that made the article what it is today. And last but not least, I would like to thank Adelle Blackett for her amazing sup- port and guidance as my term essay supervisor during the writing of this article. You are all amazing. 1 A person is transgender if their gender identity does not match the gender they were assigned at birth. A person who is not transgender, whose gender identity matches the gender they were assigned at birth, is said to be cisgender. Cisgender is the opposite of transgender. A person is cisgender if they identify with the gender they were as- signed at birth. (Winter 2018) 68 UTLJ © UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS Florence Ashley* DOI: 10.3138/uflj.2017-0057

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