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Lower Mainland woman launches human rights complaint against B.C. Human Rights Tribunal

The complaint by Kari Simpson of Culture Guard centres on washroom signs.
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Kari Simpson, seen at a recent protest over immigration laws. (Black Press)

A conservative Langley-based group is attempting to make a human rights complaint about the bathroom signs at the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal in Vancouver.

Kari Simpsonsa国际传媒檚 Culture Guard announced it has launched a new complaint, targeting the head of the Human Rights Tribunal and the attorney general for B.C., because signs on the womensa国际传媒檚 room at the tribunalsa国际传媒檚 offices read sa国际传媒淭rans People Welcome.sa国际传媒

According to a complaint filed last week by Simpson, a woman with Culture Guard allegedly had her rights violated because when using the washroom stall, she sa国际传媒渉eard a loud male voicesa国际传媒 talking in the stall next to her.

The complaint singles out Morgane Oger as the woman in the other stall.

In December, Oger was before the board alleging discrimination after Bill Whatcott distributed flyers making various claims about Oger, a trans woman. Oger was a 2017 NDP candidate in a Vancouver riding during the last provincial election; she narrowly lost to Liberal incumbent Sam Sullivan.

The complaint claims that the Culture Guard member felt intimidated.

sa国际传媒淗er security of person was violated, she remained in the stall until she was certain that the biological man, Oger, had gone for fear of being bullied,sa国际传媒 the complaint stated.

Last spring, Oger was among the organizers of a peaceful counter protest against an anti-SOGI rally attended by Simpson.

Simpson told Black Press Media that she had invited the Hells Angels to come to the rally with her group, although Vancouver Police Department officials could not confirm any attended.

Oger said she believed Simpson was attempting to bully her with the complaint.

sa国际传媒淜ari Simpsonsa国际传媒檚 recognition as a vexatious litigant is long overdue,sa国际传媒 Oger added.

She noted that she and Simpson have one point of agreement.

sa国际传媒淚 agree that every building should have a single stall washroom,sa国际传媒 Oger said.

Single-stall washrooms provide a place where anyone, including those who identify as being gender non-binary, can use and feel secure, Oger said.

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Simpsonsa国际传媒檚 demands in her complaint include creating sa国际传媒渨omen onlysa国际传媒 and sa国际传媒渕en onlysa国际传媒 washrooms at the BC Human Rights Tribunal, and that the tribunal define sa国际传媒渟exual harassmentsa国际传媒 to include sa国际传媒渁 male using a womensa国际传媒檚 washroom and a female using a malesa国际传媒檚 washroomsa国际传媒 in provincial law, and to essentially redefine gender in B.C. law as being only about biological sex.

She asked further for $180,000 in damages.

The majority of complaints to the Human Rights Tribunal do not go before the panel itself, either because they are dealt with through mediation or because they are not found to meet the criteria the tribunal will consider.



Matthew Claxton

About the Author: Matthew Claxton

Raised in Langley, as a journalist today I focus on local politics, crime and homelessness.
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