They cancelled her article then came for her: Shahdin Farsai interviewed
Shahdin Farsai, a refugee from Iran, became a Canadian lawyer in 2016. In 2021, she submitted an article to the BC legal magazine The Advocate suggesting that BC Supreme Court directives advising lawyers to provide their “correct” gender pronouns, constituted compelled speech. The Advocate initially agreed to print her article but then succumbed to pressure […]
