Category: Canada
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Toronto Blue Jays & Pride Month: Team Promotes Minor-League Nonbinary Catcher
In a surprise move, the Toronto Blue Jays have called up minor-league catcher Brady Deeker shortly after the backstop became the first professional baseball player to identify as nonbinary. Rating: Transphobic, National Review, June 12, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Girl, 9, accused of being trans at Kelowna track meet
Two Kelowna moms are speaking out after their 9-year-old daughter was verbally assaulted at a track and field event on Thursday at Kelowna’s Apple Bowl. Rating: Transsupportive, Castanet, June 12, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Blue Jays cut Anthony Bass to end a story of Pride, prejudice and PR failure
The Jays’ silence left many members of the LGBTQ community wondering whether the organization supports them or not. Rating: Transsupportive, Toronto Star, June 9, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Toronto Blue Jays drop pitcher Anthony Bass following anti-LBGTQ comments
The Toronto Blue Jays have designated pitcher Anthony Bass for assignment following an anti-LBGTQ post the 35-year-old shared on social media last month. Rating: Transneutral, CNN, June 9, 2023 (PDF archive)
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BREAKING: Blue Jays pitcher Anthony Bass removed from team’s roster
Bass said he stands by his “personal beliefs” just over a week after apologizing for sharing an anti-LGBTQ2S+ video on Instagram. Rating: Transneutral, CP24, June 9, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)
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Bloody roses — deconstructing the predatory trans* women myth
Simple question for you: how many women were convicted of sexual assault or other sex crimes in the UK since 2018? Try to Google the answer and you will the UK government’s Office of National Statistics has not publicly provided the sex of convicted sex offenders. It has for the victims, along with a range…