I feel more anxious now in public than I did pre-pandemic. I avoid washrooms, holding it in to the point of discomfort and minding what I drink when I go out. Change rooms are out of the question; last month…
There was two TDoR events last weekend; one on the francophone side of the river and one on the anglophone. I helped a pal carry the displays they made for the English-language event, then attended the French one. It was…
I gave a five minute talk as part of a panel I was on today at a conference discussing transnational far right movements. This is that speech. You’re no doubt aware that trans people are the subjects of a moral…
As summer 2022 comes to a close, I reflect on what has been the best one I’ve had yet. The move Four years ago, I had just gone through the breakup with Jean. I felt at the time that I…
In this article, I’m going to document how an alleged high school teacher in Ottawa went from being supportive of LGBTQ students to making her entire public persona about being a TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminist). Though she used to put…
This week, the Aquatic Federation of Canada, a body representing Diving Canada, Canada Artistic Swimming, Swimming Canada, and Water Polo Canada, voted to effectively ban trans women from women’s events. This vote was for a policy with the international body…
This past weekend, a man on the TTC called my best friend and I faggots and warned us not to look in his direction. I had rested my head against my best friend’s / ex’s shoulder. The man’s demeanour suggested…
June 20th, 2020 Much has changed in the last few months. In Ottawa, the incidence of coronavirus has pretty much gone. There are now only 58 recorded active cases and two people are currently hospitalized. Accordingly, the city has started…
Note: I will only keep to Twitter handles and screenshots of public Twitter posts. Starting last year, anti-trans stickers began appearing all over Ottawa. It was the work of a small group linked to the new wave of anti-trans organizations…
Work hosted a lovely workshop on pronouns and trans 101. It was well attended, everyone was doing their best, the presenter was qualified, yet I couldn’t shake my internal skepticism. That I felt this way really bothered me; why couldn’t…