Transgender girls at B.C. legislature to back human rights code bill
VICTORIA — Two transgender girls were in the legislature when the NDP introduced a private member’s bill to include gender identity and expression in British Columbia’s Human Rights Code.
Grade 7 students Tru Wilson and Harriette Cunningham say B.C. will be a more inclusive and accepting place if transgender people’s rights were recognized with a provincial law.
The bill was introduced by New Democrat Spencer Chandra Herbert.
Wilson, who wore a pink T-shirt with the slogan “I am proud to be Trans,” says she fought for the right to wear a girl’s uniform at her Delta school when she was going through her transition.