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Gender justice groups urge BC government to repeal harmful name change ban (cwhwc.com)

submitted 6 days ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/britishcolumbia@lemmy.ca

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[–] Noved@lemmy.ca -2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If you get charged for trespassing at night you didn't just walk onto private property, it's probably going along with some of the other charges like voyeurism or sexual assault.

Change my mind, if you fall under any of these charges you shouldn't get to legally change your name.

Go by a different name, sure whatever. But yeah your driver license gets to say your dead name. You fucked up.

Maybe I'm wrong, maybe trespassing at night is being thrown around left right and center. But I doubt it.

[–] azi@mander.xyz 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

A man in 2008 was charged for simply drunkenly jiggling a doorknob. Though he was acquitted, the court affirmed that "the Crown is not required to prove that the accused also had an intention to commit a specific evil act" in order to convict. In 2004 a man was sentenced to 30 days prison for trespassing at night during a crime spree in which he broke some windows and stole some cigarettes and beer.

This is a summary offence meaning it has a maximum penalty of two years less a day in jail (and thus would be in a provincial jail) or a $50 000 fine. There's no minimum penalty.