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Canada’s first count of trans and non-binary people
FromThe Decibel
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20 minutes
Released:
Apr 28, 2022
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Podcast episode
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New data from the 2021 census has been released. For the first time, the Census has counted Canada’s transgender and non-binary populations after making some controversial changes to its questions about sex and gender.Dr. El Chenier, a history professor at Simon Fraser University and founder of Boldly Nonbinary, talks about why this data is important and how it could be miscontrued.
Released:
Apr 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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