Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Civil Marriage Act, Sex Reassignment Surgery, Zoophilia
30 Mar 2016
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Compared homosexuality to sex with animals unnatural. Not criminal when occurring between two consenting adults, in private, with participants atleast 21 years of age. More than two people considered a public act, can be charged by cc: no longer criminals so long they acted in private, if displaying actions in public, considered criminal. Because code did not recognize sexual orientation, gays and lesbians in. Alberta were denied equal protection of the law: 1998 scc agreed that the legislation was unconstitutional. How has that province responded to the federal government"s recognition of same-sex civil unions: weird shit, many scholars contend that sexual minorities will never enjoy full citizenship so long as heterosexual norms underpin canadian law. Only those who lived exclusively as women were suitable as councillors. Service canada sent her to men"s maximum security prison because she still had male anatomy. Not supposed to tamper with gender status of prisoners should still be able to take hormones which suppress testosterone.
