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Petition for Canada to welcome transgender refugees
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As anti-trans rhetoric around the world rises, advocates are calling on the Canadian government to allow trans people to seek asylum in this country. Aleks Dughman Manzur, the co-executive director of programming and advocacy at Rainbow Refugee, joins Stephen to discuss.