EDMONTON –
Adebayo Chris Katiiti, jailed for being a transgender man in Uganda, was brutally beaten as a child for wearing his brothers’ clothes.
He says moving to Alberta in 2016 saved his life.
“I found home in Edmonton,” said Katiiti, 29, a therapist and life coach who works with the LGBTQ+ community.
“In Canada, I was able to access gender-affirming care, create a community, a family, and … create environments that are safe, where people can be themselves.”
But in October, and for the first time since he arrived in Canada, Katiiti said he began to feel like his safety is in jeopardy again.
That’s when Alberta’s United Conservative Party government introduced three bills that would affect transgender people.
On Wednesday, when Transgender Day of Remembrance is recognized around the world, harmful effects of Alberta’s proposed legislation are set to be highlighted during an evening event in Edmonton.
Katiiti is helping to organize the memorial.
If enacted, the bills would restrict …