Male privilege for trans women
I want to push back against the idea that trans women don’t experience male privilege. It’s not universal, but some do despite also simultaneously experiencing transphobia and transmisogyny. If a...
View ArticleUltranationalist groups and the intimidation of gender and sexual minorities...
Since the late nineties, organized antagonists of gender and sexual minorities were largely Christians or affiliated with major conservative political parties. The dynamics have changed. In the past...
View ArticleHappiness
Happiness for me requires some intentionality. I’ve found that I can’t choose to be happy, but that I can make a number of choices that make it easier to be happy. I’ve listed some of these below: How...
View ArticleAssaulting children should be illegal in Canada
Hitting a partner until they cry is against the law in Canada. As is striking an animal. The same needs to be true of taking swings at children. That the perpetrators blame the children for hitting...
View ArticleAnglican Church of Canada votes against recognizing same-sex marriage at...
The results disseminated through Twitter seconds ahead of the live stream. My friend looked at their phone “Oh fuck – Connor says ‘I’m sorry’.” A young adult in the room with us started to cry. The...
View ArticleThe Canadian media’s targeted harassment of queer and trans individuals
Jessica Yaniv was refused service at over a dozen beauty salons in B.C. because she is trans: [Yaniv] says many of the estheticians advertised themselves as offering arm, leg, and pubic hair waxing...
View ArticleSaying it with a smile
Christian white supremacy has been part of the fabric of Turtle Island since colonization. The short history of Canada includes the genocide of Indigenous people, concentration camps for those of...
View ArticleIreland, Portugal, and Spain, Oh My!
I just came back from a two week trip to Dublin, Lisbon, Madrid and Barcelona with my dad. We were in Ireland two weeks before Brexit when no deal had yet to be reached, and in the center of...
View ArticleSex Work and the Church
I recited the following at our 5 pm church service, which brings in a different guest to speak every week. The lectionary reading that day was Luke 20:27-38. One of the things that I like about coming...
View ArticleTransphobia in the National Post
The National Post publishes articles with titles such as “How trans activists are unethically influencing autistic children to change genders“, “Pronouns are ruining the best thing about hockey” and...
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