05/16/2016 14:40 EDT | Updated 05/17/2017 01:12 EDT

Federal government to table transgender legislation on Tuesday


Trudeau confirmed the news in Montreal on Monday as he received an award named after Laurent McCutcheon, a longtime gay-rights activist.

Tuesday happens to be International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.


The Montreal MP said Canada must do more to fight homophobia and transphobia, mentioning that gay men still cannot donate blood in Canada.

Trudeau said he will also attend Montreal Pride this summer, "which is just a regular part of my summer schedule but a very first for a prime minister."

He also took the time to mention his father, former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, who received the same award posthumously in 2005 and who was responsible for decriminalizing homosexuality in Canada.

Previous attempts at passing a transgender rights bill at the federal level have been unsuccessful.