Not a person, but a bill. The passing of this bill will certainly make history causing Canada to join only a very few European nations (namely the Netherlands) in protecting transexual and transgender rights within the Canadian Charter and Criminal Code. Currently only the Northwest Territories and major cities like Toronto and Vancouver have anything official in place.
The bill proposes to add gender identity and gender expression to the prohibited grounds for discrimination. For example:
"2. Subsection 3(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
3. (1) For all purposes of this Act, the prohibited grounds of discrimination are race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity,
gender expression, marital status, family status, disability and conviction for which a pardon has been granted."
The bill passed its second reading last month.
The full bill:
http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublicat...89_1&File=27#1