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Organizer of transgender history conference in Canada says U.S. participants now afraid to cross the border
B.C. legal centre says it is overwhelmed with immigration requests from transgender Americans
The chair of transgender studies at the University of Victoria is worried about attendance at this year's Moving Trans History Forward conference, with expectations of a 40 per cent drop in numbers.
Aaron Devor says potential U.S. attendees are reluctant to cross the border — not because of what might happen when they enter Canada, but what could happen when they try to return to the United States.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/transgender-u-s-canada-1.7494368