A city in Canada recently removed ads from local bus stops that spoke out against letting transgender women use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity.
The city of Hamilton removed the advertisements earlier in August after a Christian political party initially put them up around local bus stops, reports the Hamilton Spectator.
The ads showed a man about to enter a woman’s bathroom with the words “Where is the justice?” The Christian Heritage Party, a political party that supports “Judeo-Christian principles enshrined in the Canadian Constitution,” paid for the ads and also handed out approximately 3,500 flyers urging citizens to contact their city councilors about the issue.
Jim Enos, a former Christian Heritage Party candidate, paid for the ads. City officials quickly removed the advertisements once they learned of them.
“The city will be removing the ads and we are sorry for the offensive nature of them. We strive to be a welcoming community and are committed to equity and inclusion,” spokesperson Jasmine Graham said in an email to CBC.
Gerry Davis, the public works general manager, said that the city does not go over advertisements, and instead depends on Outfront Media to make sure they adhere to local standards, the human rights code and Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Davis said that it was possible that Outfront Media may have interpreted the standards differently than the city would have.
A local transgender activist, Cole Gately, told the Hamilton Spectator that the advertisements foster “negative and inaccurate stereotypes about trans people.”
Enos said that the ads are about fighting for the rights of women.
“Why does a right of a man who feels like a woman supersede the right of the woman?” he said.
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