Discrimination Against BDSM Orientation
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In Vancouver a man was refused a chauffeur’s permit because he enjoyed BDSM. The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has agreed to determine if this constitutes discrimination.
[Lindsay M.] Lyster suggested the tribunal solicit expert evidence to determine whether those who practise BDSM have “like homosexuals, historically been subjected to disadvantage, stereotyping and discrimination; and whether those who are drawn to such activities, like homosexuals, share ‘a deeply personal characteristic that is either unchangeable or changeable only at unacceptable personal costs’… .”
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