From: Patricia.Bregman@f24.n3602.z1.fidonet.org (Patricia Bregman)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: on disability and sex
Date: 31 Aug 92 12:26:54 GMT
Reply-To: Patricia.Bregman@f24.n3602.z1.fidonet.org
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  >>people, discrimination, surprising sources of support,
  >>relationships, identity conflicts, sub-cultures' reponses to ADA.
  >>I would appreciate hearing from anyone who would like to offer
  >>experiences or ideas.  My e-mail address is phoenixl@netcom.com and
  >>my number is 510-548-9215 .  (Desires for confidentiality will be
  >>very much respected.)

        There is a Disability and Sexuality Network in Toronto that is
        involved with some of the issues you are interested in.  You can
        contact the Network through PUSH Ont (Persons United for Self
        Help).  The people involved are Fran Odette and Lucy Costa.

        The phone number is 416-596-1766

        The address is:  180 Dundas St. W., Suite 1700
                         Toronto, Ont. M4W 1Z8

        I work as a lawyer in a legal clinic specializing in disability
        issues, both policy and test cases.  There is an HIV law project
        operating in the clinic and I will see if they have any
        information related more generally to disability issues.

        There is a relatively large gay and lesbian population in
        Ontario, including some people with disabilities. In fact, there
        is a bulletin board devoted to lesbian issues in general run by
        a woman who is a psychiatric survivor.

        Do you have a particular focus for this paper?

MF>Bill, I believe you're guilty of misreading the original posting: the
  >request was for those who fall under the umbrella of the ADA and (Venn
  >diagram intersection!) consider themselves members of sexual
  >minorities.

        In Ontario sexual orientation is a recognized ground under the
        Human Rights Code which prohibits discrimination, except in the
        area of sexual harassment at the moment.  The Canadian Human
        Rights Code does not specifically refer to sexual orientation,
        but in a case released last week, the Ontario Court of Appeal
        ruled that sexual orientation is a minority that is
        discriminated against and therefore, the Canadian Human Rights
        Code is contrary to the Charter of Rights in Freedoms (Canada's
        equivalent to the BIll of Rights).

        The court further ruled that rather than invalidate the Human
        Rights Code, the ground of sexual orientation should be read
        into the code.  The Federal government has not yet indicated
        whether or not it will be appealed, but they had already
        indicate their intention to amend the Federal legislation to
        include sexual orientation.

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