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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.
Introducing Xtra Explains: Trans Youth
The 10-part video series provides shareable, fact-checked info on the hot-button issues of the debate around trans youth and their health
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OPINION: Chappell Roan’s mainstream success is overwhelming. But what if she’d just stayed famous with the gays?
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Elliot Page’s ‘Close to You,’ is a trans story with no easy answers
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