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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.” 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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