The RCMP Against Homosexuals

This prolonged hold on investigating by the RCMP appears to be racially charged, the women were all of indigenous decent, regarding the current relationship between the Canadian government and the indigenous community some institutionalize prejudice can be drawn. (Hannon, n.d.) not creating this investigation to be nation wide displays that indigenous people are not held to the same standards as the other citizens of Canada, a prejudice that has been in existence within the Residential

In a recent podcast regarding a transgender high school student being forced to change in the nurse’s office instead of in the locker room with other students addressed the controversy regarding the treatment of members of our society who identify as LGBTQ. Throughout the podcast, multiple individuals have voiced support for the school’s decision to isolate the transgender student when changing. Do to the opinions voiced in the podcast regarding this case, I realized that the treatment of the high school student is only one example of the existing discrimination towards those who identify as LGBTQ. As such, I intend to explore the controversy of LGBTQ and our obligations that we have as members of the same society. Throughout this paper, I

Hate crime is a motivated violent act by a group or individual perpetrator towards a specific race, colour or religion (Collins, Pg 93,192). For many years, authority figures and the media have ignored hate crime offences towards individuals who identify under the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) umbrella. Up until the 20th century and prior to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, LGBTQ persons have been victimized in violent crimes based solely on gender identification and orientation. With a myriad of events, cases and unreported individual incidents the burden of proof towards hate crime on LQBTQ increased. The development of North American law towards LGBTQ citizens has improved throughout the last two decades. However, there

In this Gays and lesbians deserve equal protection against the hate crimes that happen in the world. Aren't we told as young children and also throughout life to treat others as we would want to be treated? So why are some decimated against based on sexual preference? The statistics show the percentages of the hate discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual community. The violence that they are pitted against, due to people's discrimination against them, in life. And I will also mention the discrimination that the LGBT community goes through and what they miss out based on sexual preference.

In the US everyone says we’re free, but are we? What about the black man afraid to walk down the street with his hood up, hoping he isn’t stopped by the police again? The gay teen that is bullied so badly that he is brought to the thought of death. Or the man wearing a turban being called a terrorist for following a religion? Injustice is still around today, maybe more than ever. Homophobia, Racism, and Police Brutality have led to crimes, arrests, and even death. These are injustices that need to be addressed and take care of.

Question: Why does the RCMP relationship with Aboriginal peoples continue to decline? Are there any historical ties that have developed this relationship? Is it possible to have a mutual relationship where Aboriginal people and the RCMP can cooperate and work with one another?

Throughout the past twelve weeks of taking Women and Gender studies, I have learned extensive amounts of information and will be able to take all of the ideas and concepts learned into action outside of the classroom. Each class, we had various conversations about what was going on in the world around us and how that affects each and every one of us. With the knowledge that I now have, I feel as if I am a much better citizen in Canada since I acquire the knowledge of the history in Canada and the conditions of women’s lives, and also how factors such as race, class, and sexual orientation come into play in daily life. In class, we talked about oppression very often which is, unjust treatment of control. Oppression is a major issue in Canadian society and has many aspects to it. One of the most important pieces of information that I got from taking this course was how destructive power systems function to maintain their

The RCMP is Canada’s national police service; it deals with national, federal, provincial and municipal policing issues, plus dealing with international policing. They

The image of Canada as a nation can be represented by words like peaceful, stable, and multicultural. However, these notions do not illuminate the truth of Canadian-Aboriginal affairs. For centuries, the Canadian state has attempted to organize a political integration strategy of the First Nations within Canada through colonial legislative acts and political institutions. Thus, these acts force individuals within political institutions to promote colonial integration policies through relatively harsh and brutal means. A particular political institution that has been damaged from the colonization of legislative acts are the police institutions. Though, contemporary society has been educated and taught to believe in police institutions to promote fair and just protection, the reality of policing and the colonization of acts have created a disingenuous relationship with Canada’s Aboriginal population. Thus, Why does the relationship between the political institution of policing and Aboriginal peoples continue to decline? Furthermore, is it possible to have a mutual relationship where Aboriginal people and the police can cooperate and work with one another? Ultimately, the continued decline is a result of the colonization of legislative acts and their ambition to integrate Aboriginal peoples into Canadian society. Therefore, it is the purpose of this essay to examine and analyze the historical formation of the RCMP, the historical relationship among police and Aboriginal, the

Humans have been fighting and challenging each other ever since they have been created. People tend to think that if someone else is different than another person must be weird, stupid, or even dangerous. Though things are constantly getting better and people are beginning to be more accepting of each other some people continue to hate and cast out just because they do not have the same beliefs, sexuality, or even the same looks. The fire department has been on the business side, but people in the fire department the workers can be harmful bullies. This is not the fire departments fault but the workers that are fire fighters tend to be on the conservative side when it comes to the human rights division of life.

Families were worried that if their child was exposed to homosexuality, or were themselves gay, that their morals would be tarnished and they would embark towards promiscuous behaviour. Books were given to teens providing advice on how to reach “normality”. They were trying to scare kids into believing that heterosexuality was the only option and anything otherwise was not normal. They also wanted to guilt the children into believing that being gay would not only ostracize yourself, but would also shame your family. Families would tell their children that they needed to be heterosexual to defend Canada. They would also use examples from Canadian society as per what would happen if they did end up gay. Examples like how the

This report highlights a continuous period where police officers and their employers are subject to the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998, The Disability Discrimination Act 1995, 2005 and the Equality Act 2010. It takes place at a time where the police service has been labelled as ‘institutionally racist’ (Macpherson, 1999) and at a time when studies show that racism, sexism and gender are a significant factor within the dominant and highly influential police occupational culture (Loftus, 2008). The purpose of this report is to examine the equality and diversity procedures carried out within the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS- the largest Police Service in England and Wales) in comparison to UK legislation and Policy.

​Canada is often seen as a leader in the gay rights movement and it has a long history of providing rights to those that identify as homosexual (BC Teachers’ Federation, 2016; Cotler, 2015). As far back as 1969, Prime Minister Trudeau passed Bill C-150 which amended the Criminal Code to decriminalize “gross indecency” and “buggery”; if committed between two consenting adults if they are over 21 (BC Teachers’ Federation, 2016). The Code was further amended to drop the age of consent for anal sex from 18 and 14 for other sexual activity and it was recognized that a higher age for consent of anal sex was unconstitutional (BC Teachers’ Federation, 2016). Since then there have been many changes to the political and social system in Canada to be able to improve the rights not only individuals whom are part of the LGBTQ community, but also for those whom are in same sex relationships (BC Teachers’ Federation, 2016). As of 2005, same-sex marriage was legalized in Canada; however, there is still debate of whether or not same-sex legalization has legitimized same-sex partnerships within society (Colter, 2015). Many cases that have come before the court regarding homosexuality and same-sex marriages have argued that the actions of society are a direct violation of people’s s.15 rights in the Constitution; which allows for every person to be treated equally and bear the freedom of religion (Supreme Court Judgements, 2004). It will be argued that Canada has created equal rights for

After the controversy of how Michael Sam’s football carrier will be affected because he came out about being gay, Dale Hansen responded with a commentary expressing, “You beat a woman and drag her down a flight of stairs, pulling her hair out by her roots? You are the fourth guy taken in the NFL draft. You kill people while driving drunk? That guy is welcome. Players accused of rape and pay the woman to go away? You lie to police trying to cover up a murder? We are comfortable with that. You love another man? Well, now you have gone too far!” This quote assists in comprehending the view people have of gay people. The thought of having a gay person on a football team bothers people more than the thought of having an abusive man or murderer. People talk about gay marriage as if it is such an issue. The prejudice many have toward gay people is truly inhumane, and more states should allow them to be together.