While Pierre Poilievre decisively won his leadership review, his party remains muddled on where to go next
Mel Woods
Senior editor Mel Woods is an English-speaking Vancouver-based writer, editor and audio producer and a former associate editor with HuffPost Canada. A proud prairie queer and ranch dressing expert, their work has also appeared in Vice, Slate, the Tyee, the CBC, the Globe and Mail and the Walrus.
Advocates mount new challenge to Alberta anti-trans law
Skipping Stone and Egale Canada are headed back to court to try and overturn Alberta’s youth gender-affirming-care ban
Publishers are acquiring fewer queer books due to U.S. book bans: Report
LGBTQ2S+ authors say they are seeing increases in rejections from publishers and significant decreases in royalties
Trans people in the U.S. are moving out-of-state for their safety
A new study from the Movement Advancement Project illustrates the rising uncertainty faced by queer and trans people in the U.S.
Skate Canada’s shunning of Alberta sets a precedent for other sports groups
Premier Danielle Smith’s outrage shows why the sporting organization’s decision is such a big deal
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