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Video

Could Canadian anti-trans policies foreshadow abortion rights rollbacks?

Could Canadian anti-trans policies foreshadow abortion rights rollbacks?

Pro-life campaigns are already connecting the dots between Alberta premier Danielle Smith’s anti-trans policies and their own agendas

By Xtra Video • May 8, 2024 at 6:03 pm EDT
Trans Health

Inside TransCare+, a new Canadian directory of trans health resources

Inside TransCare+, a new Canadian directory of trans health resources

This new site site aims to be the one-stop shop for Canadian trans healthcare

By Niko Stratis • May 2, 2024 at 2:55 pm EDT
Justice

Right-wing assaults on trans rights aren’t stopping. Title IX could be a weapon against them

Right-wing assaults on trans rights aren’t stopping. Title IX could be a weapon against them

ANALYSIS: Protection from discrimination on the basis of sex can and should be used to protect kids like Nex Benedict 

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle • April 25, 2024 at 1:46 pm EDT
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How AI image generators fail queer and trans people

How AI image generators fail queer and trans people

The “Cass Review” and its use of AI-generated images highlight some of the key issues with depicting queer and trans people using artificial intelligence

By Xtra Video • April 16, 2024 at 2:30 pm EDT
Video

NAIA bans trans women from women’s sports

NAIA bans trans women from women’s sports

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has passed a new policy that effectively bans trans women from competing

By Xtra Video • April 9, 2024 at 5:55 pm EDT
Youth

‘What if I’m next?’ Canadian trans youth see Nex Benedict’s death as a warning

‘What if I’m next?’ Canadian trans youth see Nex Benedict’s death as a warning

Young people say adults, schools and politicians are failing them

By Nico Lang • April 9, 2024 at 3:02 pm EDT
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Youth

What we owe trans youth when we grieve them

What we owe trans youth when we grieve them

How do we mourn people we’ve never met, yet feel inextricably connected to? How do we honour the dead without appropriating their stories?

By Kai Cheng Thom • April 9, 2024 at 2:06 pm EDT
Identity

Job discrimination against trans and non-binary people is alive and well

Job discrimination against trans and non-binary people is alive and well

OPINION: A study reveals that we have a long way to go to reach workplace equality for trans and non-binary people

By Katelyn Burns • April 8, 2024 at 11:51 am EDT
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More than 400 Canadian artists sign open letter against anti-trans policies

More than 400 Canadian artists sign open letter against anti-trans policies

Alanis Morissette, Carly Rae Jepsen, Neil Young and Colin Mochrie are among the signatories

By Xtra Video • April 2, 2024 at 4:21 pm EDT
Identity

Who’s afraid of trans visibility?

Who’s afraid of trans visibility?

OPINION: On International Transgender Day of Visibility, we must call out Canada’s right for weaponizing the triumph of our visibility

By Mel Woods • March 28, 2024 at 5:42 pm EDT
Censorship

How a U.S. TikTok ban would censor trans people

How a U.S. TikTok ban would censor trans people

ANALYSIS: Far-right campaigners are leveraging censorship to promote their own anti-trans agenda

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle • March 28, 2024 at 12:59 pm EDT
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Tegan and Sara slam Alberta government’s trans policies in Juno Awards speech

Tegan and Sara slam Alberta government’s trans policies in Juno Awards speech

The twins, originally from Calgary, were presented with the Humanitarian Award by actor Elliot Page

By Xtra Video • March 25, 2024 at 4:01 pm EDT
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Books

‘Love the World or Get Killed Trying’ is an exquisite portrait of a trans woman’s suffering 

‘Love the World or Get Killed Trying’ is an exquisite portrait of a trans woman’s suffering 

REVIEW: Swedish author Alvina Chamberland’s prose is relentlessly inventive

By Veronica Esposito • March 22, 2024 at 9:49 am EDT
Youth

Understanding ‘social contagion theory’ and what it means for trans kids

Understanding ‘social contagion theory’ and what it means for trans kids

Where did this idea come from? How does it affect the trans community? Does the science hold up?

By Julia Peterson • March 21, 2024 at 9:17 am EDT
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Fact-checking Radio-Canada’s ‘Trans Express’ documentary

Fact-checking Radio-Canada’s ‘Trans Express’ documentary

ANALYSIS: A recent French-language piece is another example of poor reporting on trans issues from Canada’s mainstream media

By Xtra Video • March 8, 2024 at 4:22 pm EDT
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The blurred lines between ‘transamory’ and chasing

The blurred lines between ‘transamory’ and chasing

In this excerpt from their new book, “Gender/Fucking,” writer and professor Florence Ashley unpacks “chaserdom” and the fetishization of trans femininity

By Florence Ashley • March 8, 2024 at 10:37 am EDT
History

How Jamison Green’s visibility paved the way for a generation of trans men 

How Jamison Green’s visibility paved the way for a generation of trans men 

The author, activist and public figure has fought back against trans men’s erasure for decades

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle • February 28, 2024 at 12:05 pm EDT
Politics

Anti-trans bathroom bills keep piling up in the U.S. Where’s the outrage?

Anti-trans bathroom bills keep piling up in the U.S. Where’s the outrage?

In 2016, North Carolina’s HB2 prompted businesses, musicians and even the NBA to boycott the state. Today, at least 12 states have similar laws on the books. What changed?

By Catherine Caruso • February 26, 2024 at 4:56 pm EDT
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