Loading ...British Columbia city (Vernon) defends allowing grown man to change in front of girls
The City of Vernon, British Columbia, is defending a pool manager’s decision to allow a grown man to change in the presence of teenage girls under the pretense that prohibiting such behavior is a violation of federal law.
The pool manager was contacted. “He basically said the kids have no rights and that the transgender person’s rights take precedence, this is something I think parents should know,”
“It is against the law for Vernon Recreation staff to dictate what washroom/change room that a customer can use based on their appearance,” she said. “Staff cannot ask someone to leave for changing in the change room of their choice.” Since the passage of Bill C-16, the Vernon Aquatic Centre changed its “Family Change room” sign to “Universal change room,” meaning that the nude guy was well within his rights to do what he did.