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Corrections Canada is being sued over policy permitting trans-identifying males to be housed alongside females

The word “female” is so objectionable to our federal government that it cannot even be used in a court case involving women being sexually abused in prison.

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“Cisgender woman” is the preferred term used by the Canadian government allegedly for reasons of “clarity and accuracy.”

Michael Higgins: Women assaulted in prison by trans inmates doesn't violate Charter, Liberals say Back to video

Cisgender woman, as opposed to female, is used “to refer to individuals whose gender identity corresponds to the gender assigned to them at birth based on observed sexual characteristics,” says the government in a recent statement of defence.”

It adds that the “use of the term ‘female’ to refer solely to cisgender women risks mischaracterizing or misgendering gender diverse inmates, and this Defence avoids that usage for clarity and accuracy.”

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