Safe Schools - OPSEU members know that making
schools a safe and inclusive place for lesbian, gay, bi, trans and
questioning youth, for children of LGBT people, and for LGBT teachers and
school staff is important. Members must lobby schools to adopt proactive and
comprehensive discrimination and harassment policies. School and their
Boards must also ensure the presence of an inclusive curriculum and positive
role models. To learn more about what you can do to the Safe Schools
Campaign, please visit
Egale’s website.
Eldercare – Given the emphasis that is often placed
on youth within the gay Community, this can translate into a failure to
recognize the existence of older gay men, lesbian and bisexual persons and
their partners. This gap in human rights analysis and delivery has serious
implications for the elder LGBTTQ experience in social areas such as
services, health care and institutions. The Commission has recommended that
health care and social service providers receive training to enable them to
appropriately address the needs of older gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgendered persons. They also suggest that residential facilities ensure
that LGBTTQ residents are protected from homophobia, and afforded the same
rights and recognition of their relationships as other residents. For more
information, please see the OHRC paper
“A Time for Action.”
