TFL Vsebine / Revija Pravnik

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Živimo v času, ko so polemike glede definicije spola posebej aktualne. Pogledi na temo so zelo različni in večplastni. Aktivisti, ki so transspolni, ali se kakorkoli drugače identificirajo v smislu spola, želijo biti nagovorjeni z nevtralnimi besedami. Namesto zaimkov ona ali on si želijo biti naslovljeni kot množina (angl.) they oziroma z novimi besedami ze, xu, hir, zim, zer, thon, zhe, ve. V tej smeri so se začele spreminjati tudi zakonodaje, ki pa so izzvale polemike glede svobode izražanja. Nov kanadski zvezni zakon, ki je v času pisanja tega članka v zakonodajnem postopku v kanadskem parlamentu, se z uvedbo člena C-16 zavzema za vpeljavo izrazov spolna identiteta in spolni izraz v zakonik o človekovih pravicah in kazenski zakonik. Članek analizira dogajanje na kanadski univerzi v Torontu, kjer je profesor dr. Jordan Peterson izrazil nasprotovanje vpeljavi z zakonom zapovedane uporabe točno določenih besed, izpostavil problem t. i. politične korektnosti in utemeljil teze o takem kršenju svobode izražanja. Problem in dogajanje je postavljen v prizmo ustavnopravne filozofije in teorije o svobodi izražanja.

We live in a time when controversy about sex definition has never been so topical as is today. Perspectives on the subject are very diverse and multifaceted as the author tries to present in the article. Activists who are transgender or otherwise identify themselves want to be addressed with neutral pronouns such as »they« or with new alternative words, such as ze, xu, hir, zim, zer, thon, zhe and ve. In this direction also the legislation began to change and provoked a debate on freedom of speech. New Canadian federal law (C-16), which paves its way through the Parliament tend to include the terms gender identity and gender expression into Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code. This article analyses events that happened at the University of Toronto where Professor Dr. Jordan Peterson objected to the introduction of the law, highlighted the problem of coercion with the legal technique of prescribing the use of exact words, political correctness and arguments for such violation of freedom of speech.

Freedom of Speech and Addressing Transgender People