For over 20 years Unifor members and activists have been actively engaged in struggles for social and legal equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex, two-spirited and trans people. The movement for 2SLGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer) rights in Canada has accomplished an enormous amount in a relatively short time. Unions have played a fundamental role in Canada becoming a leader on 2SLGBTQIA+ equality rights – both in terms of bargaining equality measures (same sex benefits, pensions, anti-harassment and anti-discrimination language) and in terms of pushing forward progressive legislative change through protest, public campaigns, court challenges and intense lobbying.[2][1]
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“Intersex” is a general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that is atypical of definitions of female or male. [1]
Used as an umbrella term by some indigenous communities to describe people whose are gender-variant, and/or have both masculine and feminine spirits.[2]
