To have that safety and know that we can walk down the street and not fear for our lives, is really, really important." Angela Reid of the Trans Equality Society of Alberta says many trans people are pushed into lives of poverty and unsafe working conditions. "I think there's a huge, huge threat now or a huge feeling of a threat anyway, that we're going to go, everyone's going to go backward," Deedee said. Annual event in EdmontonIn Edmonton, raising the trans flag is already an annual event. Jan Buterman — former president of TESA — said he felt encouraged to hear government officials such as Miranda acknowledge the struggles of transgender people in Alberta.

Source: CBC News November 21, 2016 02:15 UTC