by Key Paul Straughan LATE GREAT MOVIES DOUBLE FEATURE (Opening in the style of Science Fiction /Double Feature) In the subterranean cellars all across cis suberbia, ( b-movie sci-fi, horror and camp, oh my) There were weirdos peering for a glimpse of queering across screens of the TV ah ( b-movie sci-fi, horror and camp, […]
Tag: non-binary
How do you solve a problem like misgendering?
To illustrate the daily erasure trans folx face in a world privileging cisgender norms, I offer my experience at the supposedly trans-positive Compass Community Clinic. Trans people are notoriously underserviced in healthcare care, with known disparities in trans and gender minorities’ ability to access healthcare (Scheim et al., 2017). Perceived discrimination in healthcare settings contributes […]
Are you a trans?
Erasure of gender minority people is a defining characteristic cisgender systems operate, as they assume anyone outside the binary is impossible (Namaste, 2000). Since gender minorities are erased, when one turns up in real life, say at a doctor’s office, a social emergency occurs, usually resulting in a cascade of microaggressions to letting you know […]
ETFO: Transphobia is in the eye of the beholder
The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) needs Jesus; more specifically, they need to heed the savior’s story concerning kicking up dust about the speck in the other person’s eye, all the while having a plank in your own (Matthew 7:3-5). I had a come to Jesus moment when ETFO was supposedly addressing workplace transphobia, […]
Bad Pride Vibes with Shopper’s Drug Mart
I am regularly misgendered at Shopper’s Drug Mart, but I recently posted a particularity bad experience… I often resort to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (HRTO) as a way of being an activist and advancing gender minority rights. I recently spoke about this on The Experimantal Leader Podcast. Unfortunately, I had to take Shopper’s to […]
Shopper’s Drug Mart is not my non-binary bag!
You’d think that Shopper’s Drug Mart, that self defines as “Canada’s leading pharmacy retailer,” would have inclusive customer service practices towards the Two Spirit and LGBTQIA clients. Shopper’s Drug Mart has made efforts to support the 2SLGBTQIA community, like sponsoring Toronto Pflag in 2022 and was a grand prize partner for Canada’s Drag Race. So […]
Two transgender teachers too many to many?
To Whom it May Concern, I’m writing this open letter to thank you for allowing me ten minutes to delegate about my lived experience as trans person, my whistleblowing activities and the subsequent retaliatory investigation and actions by my employer for having done so. Trans and gender-diverse voices are not often heard or are usually […]