The plight of Tanya Bloomfield, a Nova Scotia transgendered woman, currently living in Canada does not seem to end at all. She is originally from Ireland who came to Canada in 2006 and has been living in Canada since then. She has made lots of friends here and has invested a lot in business which she stared in Canada only.

She is now been asked by Canada Immigration authorities to leave the country but she does not wants to leave the country because in Europe she will have to face the rejection from people for her being a transgendered woman. She applied for temporary residence permit which was refused by the immigration officials and they even asked her to leave the country.

Bloomfield is a responsible citizen who became a hero for her friends and community people when she contributed lot of money to support the lesbians, bisexuals, gay and transgendered community in Scotiabank Blue Nose marathon. She has her own computer business outside Chester, N.S. but the Canada Immigration Authorities has refused to give her temporary work permit.

In a situation like this, her lawyer has advised her to seek refugee protection now. She has rested all her hopes now in seeking the refugee status in Canada. She is hoping that her appeal for refugee status would be accepted on the basis of her being a transgendered woman. She feels that going back to Europe could prove to be very dangerous to her. If her application as a refugee status will be accepted, then she will be able to stay in Canada for next 18months otherwise she has to leave Canada by the end of August.