The Centre is happy to announce a successful resolution between K.M. and the province of Ontario to resolve a human rights claim based on gender identity and services:
Whereas K.M. (the Applicant) on October 20, 2014, filed Application No. 2014-19099-I (the Application) at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the Tribunal), wherein he states that the inclusion of his birth-assigned name and gender on the Certified Copy of Birth Registration caused him pain and made him vulnerable to discrimination based on gender identity; and
Whereas the Applicant states in the Application that it is important that his government identification documents reflect his true gender identity;
Whereas on August 8, 2016, Ontario (the Respondent), stated that it recognized that people with transgender identity may face barriers and other negative outcomes when trying to access services, and announced a review of how gender identity information is collected and displayed on certain government forms and documents; and
Whereas on October 28, 2016, a Regulation 348/16 amending Regulation 1094 made under the Vital Statistics Act was filed with the Registrar of Regulations, which enabled the introduction of a new birth certificate, available to any entitled person, that will include the particulars currently displayed on an Ontario birth certificate as well as either:
- the names and places of birth for the parent(s) of the person named on the certificate; or
- the name(s) of the parent(s) of the person named on the certificate, if the Registrar General does not have a record of the place where the parent(s) was(were) born;
Whereas the Applicant received his new birth certificate;
The application is resolved without a hearing.
December 2016