Trans-identified male awarded $35,000 by Ontario court after women’s salon refused to wax ‘her’ balls

A Canadian court awarded a trans-indetified male, who claims to be a woman, $35,000 after an Ontario women’s salon refused to wax “her” male genitalia. The salon employee working that day was a devout Muslim woman who refrained from physical contact with men, and the salon owner told the trans woman that they could not find a way to accommodate her request.

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British Children Getting Shorter, Fatter, and Sicker: Report

The authors of a damning report into children’s health have called on the next government to do more to tackle the soaring level of obesity in youngsters, which they say is a “ticking timebomb” for a lifetime of illness and comes at a huge cost to both the state and the individual.

The report by The Food Foundation charity, released on Wednesday, concludes that “aggressive” marketing of cheap, ultra-processed food together with diets lacking nutrition—often fuelled by poverty as well as the food industry—are behind a “significant decline” in children’s health.

They need a good fry up. h/t DS

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Protest outside controversial Reclaiming Canada conference in Victoria

A noisy protest greeted Reclaiming Canada conference-goers in Victoria on Saturday after a failed attempt to get the event booted from a city-owned facility.

About 80 protesters with 1 Million Voices for Inclusion, an LGBTQ+ advocacy group, showed up with flags and signs in support of queer rights and a loudspeaker blaring gay pop anthems in front of the Victoria Conference Centre on Douglas Street.

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