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JAN 8–21, 2015 3 email [email protected] comment dailyxtra.com & facebook/dailyxtra.com Comment tweet @dailyxtra FEEDBACK Trans TD customers Family matters It would appear that TD Bank and other fi nancial institutions need new policies, They might be a little less orthodox rest of us decorate the o ce walls with EDITORIAL procedures and sta training to address than what I’d share with my mother (as Madonna calendars and pictures of ANDREW JACOME not only the issues identified in the fun as she is, I don’t think she’d appre- burly-chested men. above article, but also other problems Not My Father’s Son, ciate spending Valentine’s Day drunk We even take turns being the drunk- that transgender people encounter Alan Cumming’s new o her ass in a bingo hall), but they’re en uncle during o ce parties. I’ve been with fi nancial institutions while tran- book, has been making the rounds just as important to me. We celebrate guilty of that one more than I care to sitioning [“Trans Customers Locked through the Xtra office. In case our our successes and mourn our losses. admit. Out of TD Bank Accounts,” dailyxtra. cover wasn’t a dead giveaway, we love We don’t always get to see each other Our family extends beyond the four com, Dec 22]. the book — and not just because we’re as often as we’d like, and some of us corners of the Toronto o ce: we have ALEX S all fans of Cumming. (Though frankly, may be living closer than others now, our Vancouver and Ottawa teams, DAILYXTRA.COM but not compensating for bad service with an IMDb catalogue that includes but our bonds are what keep us tied. freelance writers from around the Last June, I read in Xtra that Pride is unacceptable. These people should Spice World and Sex and the City, how It’s going to sound lame — corny, world, and the people and groups in our get a Plan 60 account, where all service could you not love the man?) His rela- even — but the people I work with here community. We’ve celebrated Woody’s Toronto had entered into a sponsor- ship agreement with the company that fees are waived and cheque book orders tionship with his father is heartbreak- at Xtra are just as much my family, 25th anniversary with readers, cheered are free. Service has gone downhill ever ing, and it made me refl ect on my own too. We can be a little dysfunctional, on drag queens weekly at Crews and makes Trojan condoms. The agreement provided that only Trojan condoms since Canada Trust got taken over by a families. like any group of strangers thrown applauded the unveiling of Sky Gilbert bank, TD Bank. I’ve been thinking of Like many gay men from strict reli- together, but we have strong traditions Lane behind Buddies. could be distributed during the Pride parade. I assume that Pride Toronto’s switching. gious backgrounds, I got a less-than- of our own. Getting the paper out and It can be easy to become insular ROGER VANDEVENTER thrilled reaction from my parents keeping the Daily Xtra website run- when you’re surrounded by a core sponsorship agreement with TD Bank FACEBOOK when I came out. My dad eventually ning is a tradition, I suppose, but we group of people, but unlike Drake, we provides that TD Bank can be the only So let me get this correct: approximately softened in his disapproval. He passed make the time to bond with each other love new friends. Meeting the people fi nancial institution promoted at Pride. three (maybe more) people had very bad away before we could ever come to a beyond our working tasks. who make our community as colourful I wonder if the sponsorship agree- customer-service experiences, out of full understanding of each other, but We all look forward to the RuPaul’s and eventful as it is, whether they’re ment between Pride Toronto and TD possibly thousands of trans TD clients it opened the door for my mom and I Drag Race premiere — we even have an fi ghting for social rights or throwing Bank also prevents any “negative mes- (including myself). And now approxi- to have hone st conversations about my o ce pool going — as feverishly as the a fabulous party, is paramount to who saging” against TD Bank at Pride. For mately six people are calling for major life. I think my brother was only wor- most ardent Leafs’ fans look toward a we are. With New Year’s Eve freshly example, would trans activists be per- changes in TD’s policies, procedures ried that I’d be unemployed and play- game. A surprising number of us are behind us, we look forward with an- mitted to march in Pride with signs and training. ing video games for the rest of my life. particularly gifted in the kitchen: treats ticipation to what else our community calling on TD Bank to change the way So many trans people are hunting for But I say families, plural, because I and goodies often fi nd their way into creates. it treats transgender customers? Would any negative statements (intentional or can’t just count my immediate family the office like dancing sugar plums, Remember your chosen families trans activists be permitted to march in not) against trans persons, as though in the equation. Throughout the years, mysterious and delightful. The more this year — they defi ne us just as much Pride with signs criticizing TD Bank, there was a million-dollar prize associ- I’ve been lucky enough to meet people, cultured members of our little clan as our DNA does — and, if you’re the parodying TD Bank’s green and white ated with it.