Editing Nonbinary rights
The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then publish the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision | Your text | ||
Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
'''''Nonbinary rights are human rights.''''' | '''''Nonbinary rights are human rights.''''' | ||
These rights apply to all people, and | These rights apply to all people, and therefor apply to nonbinary people. The rights of nonbinary people, like all minorities, are often violated more often than those who are in the majority. The ways in which these rights are often violated are different than those in other groups. | ||
This is a general list of nonbinary rights. Each section lists sources with detailed information about how these rights can and should be applied. | This is a general list of nonbinary rights. Each section lists sources with detailed information about how these rights can and should be applied. | ||
Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
Canada: | Canada: | ||
*[http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/policy-preventing-discrimination-because-gender-identity-and-gender-expression | *[http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/policy-preventing-discrimination-because-gender-identity-and-gender-expression Ontario Human Rights Commmission: Policy on preventing discrimination because of gender identity and gender expression] | ||
United States of America: | United States of America: | ||
Line 28: | Line 28: | ||
Here is a list of cases in which nonbinary people’s right to accurate documentation has been violated: | Here is a list of cases in which nonbinary people’s right to accurate documentation has been violated: | ||
*United States of America: [[Dana Zzyym]], a U.S. Navy veteran who is intersex and nonbinary, had their application for a passport denied due to Dana refusing to select a binary gender option on the application form. With help from Lambda Legal, an LGBTQ+ legal assistance organization, a court ruled that denying Dana a passport was not within the U.S. State Department's authority.<ref name="Warnke">{{Cite web |title=Victory! State Department Cannot Rely on its Binary-Only Gender Policy to Deny Passport to Nonbinary Intersex Citizen |author=Warnke, Tom |work=Lambda Legal |date=19 September 2018 |access-date=6 October 2020 |url= https://www.lambdalegal.org/news/co_20180919_victory-state-department-cannot-rely-on-binary-only-gender-policy | *United States of America: [[Dana Zzyym]], a U.S. Navy veteran who is intersex and nonbinary, had their application for a passport denied due to Dana refusing to select a binary gender option on the application form. With help from Lambda Legal, an LGBTQ+ legal assistance organization, a court ruled that denying Dana a passport was not within the U.S. State Department's authority.<ref name="Warnke">{{Cite web |title=Victory! State Department Cannot Rely on its Binary-Only Gender Policy to Deny Passport to Nonbinary Intersex Citizen |author=Warnke, Tom |work=Lambda Legal |date=19 September 2018 |access-date=6 October 2020 |url= https://www.lambdalegal.org/news/co_20180919_victory-state-department-cannot-rely-on-binary-only-gender-policy}}</ref> | ||
==Education<ref>“Schools.” ''National Center for Transgender Equality'', National Center for Transgender Equality, transequality.org/know-your-rights/schools.</ref>== | ==Education<ref>“Schools.” ''National Center for Transgender Equality'', National Center for Transgender Equality, transequality.org/know-your-rights/schools.</ref>== | ||
Line 55: | Line 55: | ||
==Freedom of Movement== | ==Freedom of Movement== | ||
Nonbinary people deserve to not be discriminated against based on gender and gender expression in | Nonbinary people deserve to not be discriminated against based on gender and gender expression in regards to: | ||
*Businesses | *Businesses | ||
Line 66: | Line 66: | ||
*United States of America: | *United States of America: | ||
==Health Care<ref>“Queering Reproductive Health, Rights & Justice.” ''National LGBTQ Task Force'', National LGBTQ Task Force, www.thetaskforce.org/reproductive-justice.html.</ref><ref>“Health Care.” ''National Center for Transgender Equality'', National Center for Transgender Equality, transequality.org/know-your-rights/health-care | ==Health Care<ref>“Queering Reproductive Health, Rights & Justice.” ''National LGBTQ Task Force'', National LGBTQ Task Force, www.thetaskforce.org/reproductive-justice.html.</ref><ref>“Health Care.” ''National Center for Transgender Equality'', National Center for Transgender Equality, transequality.org/know-your-rights/health-care.</ref>== | ||
Nonbinary people deserve free health care which includes, but is not exclusively the following: | Nonbinary people deserve free health care which includes, but is not exclusively the following: | ||