
Egale Canada was founded in 1986 to advance equality for Canadian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people and their families, across Canada. Egale's work includes: carrying out political action to lobby for more equitable laws for LGBT people; intervening in legal cases that have an impact on human rights and equality; increasing public education and awareness by providing information to individuals, groups and media. Egale has over 3,300 members including people in each and every province and territory of Canada. The organisation was initially named "Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere". As they began to also lobby for bisexual and transgendered issues, it was felt that the acronym was uninclusive, therefore the change from the acronym E.G.A.L.E. to simply "Egale". (''égale'' being the French language word for "equal") ==Proudest achievements== ===Relationship recognition=== They successfully lobbied for the introduction and passage of Bill C-23, which amended some 68 federal statutes to treat same-sex couples equally with opposite-sex married couples. They supported union activities and lobbied the federal government in support of equal employment benefits to those in same-sex relationships; coordinated coalitions of equality groups in cases on same-sex pension benefits and equal funeral leave for same-sex families. They intervened before the Supreme Court of Canada to challenge the opposite-sex definition of "spouse" in the Old Age Security Act (''Egan v. Canada''); though unsuccessful, this case did set a unanimous precedent by which sexual orientation is read into the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as a forbidden grounds of discrimination. They also successfully challenged the opposite-sex definition of "spouse" in Ontario’s Family Law Act (M & H v Ontario), which extended the right to common-law marriage to same-sex couples. They convinced Statistics Canada to include same-sex families in the nation-wide census, and worked with LEGIT to advance equal immigration rights for gays and lesbians. ===Combating Censorship and Promoting Freedom=== Egale intervened to support efforts to have Pride officially proclaimed in many cities; supported community initiatives in response to the Calgary bathhouse raids; decried the heavy-handed censorship practices of Canada Customs and helped Little Sisters Bookstore win their court case. ===Youth, Education and Families=== They were involved in cases like the Jane Doe alternative insemination challenge; supported a number of legal challenges involving the rights of youth in the education system, especially the case of Marc Hall who wanted to bring a same-sex date to his prom; fought against the ban by the Surrey School Board of books depicting same-sex families. ===Human Rights Protection and Combating Hate Crimes=== Egale successfully lobbied the Canadian government to add “sexual orientation” to the Canadian Human Rights Act to protect lesbians, gays and bisexuals from discrimination; lent support to many provincial and territorial efforts to have equal rights enshrined in legislation across the country; lobbied the Government to introduce more severe penalties for those convicted of gay-bashing and other hate crimes; supported the addition of “sexual orientation” to the grounds covered by hate propaganda legislation; intervened in the Nixon case to support the rights of transgendered people. ===Community outreach and public education=== They developed fact sheets on current issues affecting the LGBT communities; established a Website and manages six e-mail mailing lists to help keep our communities informed across the country; hosted an historic national conference in Montreal (Rainbow Visions); testified before the CRTC in support of diversity in Canada’s broadcasting policy and to oppose the limitation of access to lesbian and gay materials on the Internet through restrictive regulations; presented to the plenary session of the United Nations World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna and participated in the World Conference on Women in Beijing. ==External links== *[http://www.egale.ca Egale's Website] LGBT rights organizationsPolitical advocacy groups in Canada
My name is Don Kearney and I am on the Board of Directors for Egale Canada Inc. I posted the information about Egale on this page and took it from our page "About Us" page. As a member of the Board of Directors and the National Treasurer, I am empowered to speak for Egale publically and use its name accordingly. Posting our "who we are" section is within my mandate to speak on behalf of Egale Canada Inc. The full text from this posting can be found at [http://www.egale.ca/index.asp?lang=E&menu=2&item=762] (See Link) and the list of Board members can be found at [http://www.egale.ca/index.asp?lang=E&menu=10&item=21](See Link) showing my name and e-mail address for contact purposes. == Shouldn't it be Égale? == I know the organization's website, its own press materials, and such often omit the accent aigu on the first "e." However, the organization's official charter from the government, by-laws, all of its materials in French, and a good deal of its materials in English to refer to the organization as Égale Canada. I've created redirects for "Égale" and "Égale Canada," but shouldn't it really be the other way around? ("Egale" and "Egale Canada" redirecting to "Égale"?) And the latter assumption there points to another question... Ironically, I advocated sticking to the organization's charter and by-laws in the first because there isn't a clear preference from Égale itself in regards to with or without the accent aigu. However, even though the organization is officially Égale Canada, it is much more widely known simply as Égale. So I think... The article should be renamed "Égale". The following redirects should be created: "Égale Canada," "Egale," and "Egale Canada". Anybody follow all that? Anybody agree or disagree? :I disagree. I've always seen it as Egale. User:Spinboy 01:39, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC) :: I disagree as well. The organisation was formerly named EGALE (Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere), but they changed it to Egale since the name was not including bisexuals and trans folk. -- User:Iothiania
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Egale Canada was founded in 1986 to advance equality for Canadian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people and their families, across Canada. Egale's work includes: carrying out political action to lobby for more equitable laws for LGBT people; intervening in legal cases that have an impact on human rights and equality; increasing public education and awareness by providing information to individuals, groups and media. Egale has over 3,300 members including people in each and every province and territory of Canada. The organisation was initially named "Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere". As they began to also lobby for bisexual and transgendered issues, it was felt that the acronym was uninclusive, therefore the change from the acronym E.G.A.L.E. to simply "Egale". (''égale'' being the French language word for "equal") ==Proudest achievements== ===Relationship recognition=== They successfully lobbied for the introduction and passage of Bill C-23, which amended some 68 federal statutes to treat same-sex couples equally with opposite-sex married couples. They supported union activities and lobbied the federal government in support of equal employment benefits to those in same-sex relationships; coordinated coalitions of equality groups in cases on same-sex pension benefits and equal funeral leave for same-sex families. They intervened before the Supreme Court of Canada to challenge the opposite-sex definition of "spouse" in the Old Age Security Act (''Egan v. Canada''); though unsuccessful, this case did set a unanimous precedent by which sexual orientation is read into the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as a forbidden grounds of discrimination. They also successfully challenged the opposite-sex definition of "spouse" in Ontario’s Family Law Act (M & H v Ontario), which extended the right to common-law marriage to same-sex couples. They convinced Statistics Canada to include same-sex families in the nation-wide census, and worked with LEGIT to advance equal immigration rights for gays and lesbians. ===Combating Censorship and Promoting Freedom=== Egale intervened to support efforts to have Pride officially proclaimed in many cities; supported community initiatives in response to the Calgary bathhouse raids; decried the heavy-handed censorship practices of Canada Customs and helped Little Sisters Bookstore win their court case. ===Youth, Education and Families=== They were involved in cases like the Jane Doe alternative insemination challenge; supported a number of legal challenges involving the rights of youth in the education system, especially the case of Marc Hall who wanted to bring a same-sex date to his prom; fought against the ban by the Surrey School Board of books depicting same-sex families. ===Human Rights Protection and Combating Hate Crimes=== Egale successfully lobbied the Canadian government to add “sexual orientation” to the Canadian Human Rights Act to protect lesbians, gays and bisexuals from discrimination; lent support to many provincial and territorial efforts to have equal rights enshrined in legislation across the country; lobbied the Government to introduce more severe penalties for those convicted of gay-bashing and other hate crimes; supported the addition of “sexual orientation” to the grounds covered by hate propaganda legislation; intervened in the Nixon case to support the rights of transgendered people. ===Community outreach and public education=== They developed fact sheets on current issues affecting the LGBT communities; established a Website and manages six e-mail mailing lists to help keep our communities informed across the country; hosted an historic national conference in Montreal (Rainbow Visions); testified before the CRTC in support of diversity in Canada’s broadcasting policy and to oppose the limitation of access to lesbian and gay materials on the Internet through restrictive regulations; presented to the plenary session of the United Nations World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna and participated in the World Conference on Women in Beijing. ==External links== *[http://www.egale.ca Egale's Website] LGBT rights organizationsPolitical advocacy groups in Canada
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My name is Don Kearney and I am on the Board of Directors for Egale Canada Inc. I posted the information about Egale on this page and took it from our page "About Us" page. As a member of the Board of Directors and the National Treasurer, I am empowered to speak for Egale publically and use its name accordingly. Posting our "who we are" section is within my mandate to speak on behalf of Egale Canada Inc. The full text from this posting can be found at [http://www.egale.ca/index.asp?lang=E&menu=2&item=762] (See Link) and the list of Board members can be found at [http://www.egale.ca/index.asp?lang=E&menu=10&item=21](See Link) showing my name and e-mail address for contact purposes. == Shouldn't it be Égale? == I know the organization's website, its own press materials, and such often omit the accent aigu on the first "e." However, the organization's official charter from the government, by-laws, all of its materials in French, and a good deal of its materials in English to refer to the organization as Égale Canada. I've created redirects for "Égale" and "Égale Canada," but shouldn't it really be the other way around? ("Egale" and "Egale Canada" redirecting to "Égale"?) And the latter assumption there points to another question... Ironically, I advocated sticking to the organization's charter and by-laws in the first because there isn't a clear preference from Égale itself in regards to with or without the accent aigu. However, even though the organization is officially Égale Canada, it is much more widely known simply as Égale. So I think... The article should be renamed "Égale". The following redirects should be created: "Égale Canada," "Egale," and "Egale Canada". Anybody follow all that? Anybody agree or disagree? :I disagree. I've always seen it as Egale. User:Spinboy 01:39, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC) :: I disagree as well. The organisation was formerly named EGALE (Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere), but they changed it to Egale since the name was not including bisexuals and trans folk. -- User:Iothiania
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