ANALYSIS: A temporary window has opened for trans Americans to get documents that accurately match their gender identity.
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.
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China is cracking down on gay fiction and erotica writers
ANALYSIS: Danmei authors say they have been increasingly targeted with arrests and censorship
In defence of ‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ and its straight host
OPINION: Netflix’s “The Ultimatum: Queer Love” just wrapped another mess-heavy season. Host JoAnna Garcia Swisher may be the key to the future of queer reality TV
Hungary’s prime minister tried to ban Pride. Thousands showed up anyway
Despite Viktor Orbán’s right-wing populist government banning Pride, Budapest might have just had the largest Pride parade in its history
Alberta government will challenge injunction against gender-affirming care ban
ANALYSIS: Egale and Skipping Stone celebrated last week’s injunction ruling as a win for trans rights. But the Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signalled that she plans to battle further in court
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