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In Dangerous Space, Kai Cheng Thom helps you unpack hot-button issues in the news, online and in popular culture—bringing nuance and compassion to conversations that often feel fraught.
Queer and social justice movements must reject cancel culture to meet the moment
OPINION: Precedents set by anti-trans movements are driven by the idea that the government and private institutions should have the power to police us all
ANALYSIS: Community-based suicide intervention is about creating a web of life between our bodies where we can take turns resting and being held when we are overwhelmed
OPINION: Even at its zenith, the trendiness of “diversity” appears to have done little to improve the day-to-day lives of trans people as a vulnerable and exploited class
Our bodies are constantly the subject of what would be called sexual harassment if it were done to anyone else
Wherever there is a history of homophobia and transphobia, we also find a history of our people celebrating community, mutual care and joy
OPINION: opening up a dialogue with those we disagree with is key if we want to achieve widespread social change
OPINION: The narrative allows “gender critical” activists to deflect accusations of bigotry—and that’s dangerous
OPINION: The mainstream “detransition” conversation is informed by transphobia, ignorance of trans history and collective denial of trans lives. Until we reckon with those realities, we won’t resolve the debate
How do we mourn people we’ve never met, yet feel inextricably connected to? How do we honour the dead without appropriating their stories?
OPINION: So long as LGBTQ2S+ people keep undermining freedom of speech among ourselves, we will never be able to defend ourselves from homophobic and transphobic censorship
OPINION: Israel’s genocidal campaign is no victory for LGBTQ+ rights
OPINION: Conservative politicians across Canada have signalled their support for so-called “parental rights.” But children and youth have rights of their own
