The transgender comedian Ava Val had the visor of moving to the USA and touring there. However, after she was confronted against visa problems and hostility to trans people, she canceled this stage of her tour.
Speak to Saskatoon morning Host Stephanie Massicotte On Thursday Val said that she was inspired to take the path of the comedy partly because of the British sitcom Mr. Bean, And his ability to bring her family together – something Val was interested in her on her tour.
This June Val was touring and life in the United States, but her visa application was suddenly stopped, which forced it to cancel.
“When things began to develop in the current (US administration), it only seemed to develop more hostility to trans people,” said Val, who is based in Toronto.
In his opening speech on January 20, US President Donald Trump said that “from now on it will be the official policy of the United States that there will be only two genders, male and female” and faster regulations and changes in government policy for gender and diversity.
This included Foreign Minister Marco Rubio Memo entitled “Guide for Visa Jurors on Executive Order 14201”: “Keep men from women from women”, which included the guideline that “all visas have to reflect the gender of an applicant at birth”.
“This is essentially the point at which I was, I don’t know if I can go down there, so I could also make alternative plans,” said Val.
“I don’t want to go where nobody wants me. Well, I will do it alone. I’ll go to Saskatoon. I will compete against Pierre Poilievre,” joked Val when the conservative party leader in Saskatoon was supposed to hold a rally in Saskatoon on the same night as her performance.
Passport of the Art Gallery CEO changes
John Hampton, a two-sized person and CEO of the Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina, is a double citizen who has also had an impact on the changes in the US government on gender policy.
You travel regularly for work and personal reasons, including recently opening an exhibition at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis.
Hampton said her US pass came to renewal this year and tried to renew him early.
Since 2019, Canadians who do not identify themselves as female or male, such as Hampton, can list their gender as “X” on their passports. The federal government says that around 3,600 Canadians have the marker for their passports.
“I sent this in beautiful and early, but unfortunately not early enough because it was stuck for a while,” said Hampton at CBCs The 306.
Hampton says when they got their passport back, the “X” had been changed to an “M”.
They made their first trip to the USA with the new passport in February and said they were afraid of going to the border, but so far the trips were “perfect”.
