A majority of speakers were in favour of continuing to allow transgender people to use changerooms that align with their gender identity. yxecc
, was among those calling for the policy to be changed. He said he wasn’t targeting “the trans movement,” but rather felt the policy was open to exploitation by “predators.”Article content
He went on to suggest that transgender people should be offered “a stall” for changing in city facilities. Blake Tait told the committee that efforts to go back to separated changerooms would amount to segregation of trans people based on “unfounded fear-mongering,” before citing various studies indicating trans people are far more likely to be victims of crime than perpetrators.Article content
“At what point do I go from being someone you protect, to someone who’s a threat, not based on my heart or any of my actions, but just based on my genitalia and your ignorant ideas about what my identity means?” they asked during their remarks.
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