To my sisters who are killjoys
I was told I was a very emotional child while growing up. When something or someone upset me, I argued, and tears shortly followed the…
I was told I was a very emotional child while growing up. When something or someone upset me, I argued, and tears shortly followed the…
Human rights work can be messy. Without having dilemmas neatly organized and presented, few human rights workers speak about the mistakes, missteps and problems that…
The Canadian Federation of Students held a series of rallies on Nov. 8 advocating for free and accessible education throughout the country, including one in…
Growing up, I was never taught anything about sexual orientation or gender identity. I had to figure that all out on my own. Everyone sees…
Society is awful — homophobic, transphobic, racist, ableist, misogynistic, imperialistic and classist too. With this horrible cloud clogging up our social stratosphere, institutions jostling to…
More than one in four women experience intimate partner violence before the age of 50. A form of gender-based violence, intimate partner violence (IPV) refers…
People with disabilities make up 22 per cent of the Canadian population aged 15 and older. Despite being a global community of an estimated 1.3…
Days after the 1 Million March 4 Children (1MM4C), I started seeing online articles that celebrated counter-protesters outnumbering the fringe, cross-country anti-trans protest. While there…
In this economy, the discarded microwaves and half-eaten red velvet cakes in my apartment complex’s dumpster are their own sweet temptations. However, I am defiant…
It seemed like the fascists wanted to hurt us. The anti-queer 1 Million March 4 Children (1MM4C) protest in Winnipeg last Wednesday drew far larger…