SEX-BASED RIGHTS MATTER TO LESBIANS

Sex matters to who we are as women and lesbians

Lesbians are exclusively same sex attracted women. Sex-based bias in society impacts the condition of lesbians in Canada. We still fight sexual harassment, pornification, and sexual assault from males who feel entitled to cross our boundaries. As women and as lesbians, we have the right to assert sex-based boundaries on our sexuality and our organizations, and to have these boundaries respected in society. 

Sex denialism is being used as a weapon against girls, women, and lesbians 

Today, our sex-based boundaries are under a new kind of attack by the very people who claim to stand for our rights. Vancouver Pride Society has:

• Refused entry to the Pride Parade to lesbians who have a sex-based definition of woman. 

• Promoted experimental and damaging drugs and surgeries to girls and women who don’t conform to the straightjacket of femininity. Many of these girls and women would otherwise be healthy lesbians. 

• Redefined the term woman to include males who claim to be women. This gaslights lesbians, pressuring us to accept men as sexual partners if those men identify as women. 

Pride was formed to stand up for the rights of all same-sex attracted people. This includes standing up for the sex-based rights of lesbians. Our sex-based rights are protected in law and Pride and its supporters have a duty to defend them. 

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