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I think everyone should be allowed to take a five-day weekend vacation to a fun destination and stay completely offline ... every weekend? Ok fine, every second weekend? Once a month? I think that's reasonable.

Calgary! I will be in the city this weekend giving a workshop on LGBTQ2S+ journalism at the Affirming Media Conference on Saturday Nov. 2. Tickets are still available, and there's a fantastic lineup of speakers for the day! 🤠🏳️‍🌈 eventbrite.ca/e/affirming-me…

This story is in the context of the the U.S. election, but its argument applies to covering LGBTQ2S+ issues as well. "The media often acts as if identifying threats or naming falsehoods are acts of partisanship. They are not. They are journalism." thenation.com/article/enviro…

The long-anticipated anti-trans laws in Alberta are here and passed first reading in the legislature this afternoon ... and they're just as bad as expected! tiktok.com/@xtramagazine/…

LOTS to unpack re: Alberta and gender policies... But one moment from reporting today that stood out was during today's presser announcing the legislation, Danielle Smith compared doctors prescribing puberty blockers to opioid prescriptions and the fentanyl crisis.

Super pumped to be in Calgary today talking LGBTQ2S+ journalism at the Affirming Media Conference 💖 This week of all weeks, these conversations are more vital than ever. Also, I’ll be at the rally at Calgary City Hall this afternoon! Come say hi if you see me!

Among all the elections doomsdaying, it's a good time to read Kai Cheng, MSW, MSc, QMed, Extremist for Love on how we can survive when it feels like the entire world is crumbling. xtramagazine.com/health/survive…

If this holds, particularly with the "Kamala is for they/them" last-minute ad push, it is going to inspire Canadian conservatives to lean even further into dark transphobia in the coming months and years.

Simply fleeing to Canada may not be so simple. "The problem is not accepting trans and non-binary people as refugees ... the problem is thinking that Canada is “already there” when it comes to trans rights." xtramagazine.com/power/canada-t…

And to be clear, with this I don't only mean election messaging: I mean actual policy too. Just look to Danielle Smith's leadership review in Alberta for how some of this could go in the coming years.

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Could Canadian conservatives take a page from Trump's anti-trans playbook? The president-elect’s final multi-million dollar ad push—and subsequent win—may have Canada’s right looking to lean in even further on anti-trans messaging xtramagazine.com/video/trump-an…

Over on TikTok today, I expanded a bit on some thoughts from yesterday, namely: the results of the U.S. election mean we have to be even more ready to call out anti-trans bullshit that is going to keep emerging in Canadian politics tiktok.com/@xtramagazine/…

It's GAY WEEK on Dr. Odyssey?!?!? Bob The Drag Queen is here? John Stamos plays the Captain's gay brother in a throuple with Cheyenne Jackson? Finley from Gen Q declared that Dr. Odyssey is a daddy? The phrase "it's giving cruising" has been uttered!!